Summaries

In an epic battle, Godzilla and Kong, two ancient titans, engage as mankind discovers their shared pasts and how they relate to the mysteries surrounding Skull Island.

The new Monsterverse film delves deeply into the mysteries of Skull Island and beyond while pitting the formidable Godzilla and the powerful Kong against a monstrous deadly enemy that lurks within our planet and threatens both their species and our own. This film will examine the ancient Titan conflict that permanently united man and beast, delving into the origins of Hollow Earth.

Following the titanic battle with the ultimate predator, Mechagodzilla, in Godzilla vs. Kong (2021), the tenuous truce between Godzilla and King Kong—the two invincible alpha Titans—is about to break down. A coded signal pulls Dr. Ilene Andrews and her group back into the enigmatic underground world, where Kong rules over Hollow Earth and Godzilla violently defends its territory. The destiny of our planet is at stake as they unearth long-forgotten mysteries that have the power to alter everything. Can humanity withstand one more horrific conflict? Is the planet doomed to annihilation, or will the ancient defenders band together once more to save it?

—Riganas, Nick

It chronicles the legendary alliance between Godzilla and King Kong as they battle a brand-new, horrifying danger to Earth. Kong and Godzilla returned to their respective lands after their last fight. But a sequence of unexplained earthquakes and other calamities portends the emergence of an old and formidable behemoth called The Empire, which poses a challenge to the dominance of both humans and monsters. Godzilla and Kong put aside their disagreements after realizing they had to work together to face this unprecedented threat. The film depicts a sequence of epic clashes between The Empire and the two giants, filled with visually magnificent combat and amazing effects. In the middle of the mayhem, humans are essential to comprehending and overcoming the difficulties these enormous creatures present. Godzilla and Kong’s partnership is put to the test in an exhilarating roller coaster of bravery and destruction with the fate of the world at risk. In the end, the movie emphasizes the concepts of perseverance and unity, demonstrating the strength of teamwork in the face of overwhelming obstacles.

Synopsis

Kong has made the Hollow Earth his new home three years after defeating Mechagodzilla, and he is looking for others of his kind. Godzilla kills Scylla in Rome and then rests in the Colosseum to uphold order between humans and the enormous monsters known as “Titans” on Earth’s surface. The Monarch organization thinks there will be peace as long as Godzilla and Kong function on different planes. Kong does occasionally surface, particularly when he requires medical treatment. He needs a replacement tooth because it becomes infected once, and Trapper gives him one. Kong eventually makes his way back to Hollow Earth. Monarch wants to keep Kong and Godzilla separate since they are aware of the close call Kong had with the latter.

An unidentified signal is picked up by a Monarch observation station inside the Hollow Earth. Jia (Kaylee Hottle), the sole known survivor of the Iwi tribe from Skull Island, initially has hallucinations and visions due to the signal, which worries her adoptive mother, Dr. Ilene Andrews (Rebecca Hall). Andrews brings her data to podcast host Bernie Hayes, asking for his assistance in deciphering the meaning of the signals. Bernie hypothesizes, based on analysis, that the signal has previously coincided with certain titan events on the surface. Therefore, the signal is Godzilla’s distress call. Godzilla departs Rome after detecting the signal and strikes a nuclear power station in France in an attempt to absorb the radiation. Godzilla then makes his way to the Arctic stronghold of Titan Tiamat. The planet’s largest single energy source is called Tiamat. After tearing Tiamat to pieces, Godzilla goes inside its lair to take in the whole energy reserve. Monarch thinks Godzilla is getting stronger in preparation for an impending attack.

Kong discovers an unexplored area where a tribe of his kind, including a little one named Suko, has survived when a sinkhole opens up next to his house. Following their first encounter, Kong makes Suko show him where the tribe’s lair is, and as they travel together, the two gradually get closer. Suko lures Kong into the path of many creatures in an attempt to kill him, but Kong overcomes them all rather quickly. This reassures Suko that Kong is resilient enough to handle the threats that lie ahead. Kong is fought by the Skar King, the oppressive leader of the tribe, with the help of Shimo, an ice-powered Titan whom the Skar King uses a crystal to painfully control. The planet’s most recent ice age was caused by Shimo’s breath. Kong suffers frostbite on his right arm from Shimo’s icy breath, but with Suko’s assistance, he escapes, losing his ax in the process.

To find the source of the signal, Andrews and Jia journey to the Hollow Earth with conspiracy podcaster Bernie Hayes (Brian Tyree Henry) and Titan veterinarian Trapper (Dan Stevens). The Monarch outpost is destroyed, they discover. In their quest to find the source of the signal, the group finds a temple (hidden behind an organic bioluminescent barrier) that directs them to an underground area where a telepathically connected Iwi tribe survives. After examining certain ruins, they conclude that the signal was the Iwi’s psychic distress call.

Andrews worries to Trapper that Jia will decide to stay with her people and that Andrews will have to accept it while she watches Jia interacting with the Iwi. Inside a temple, Andrews uncovers hieroglyphics representing the past and future: the Skar King formerly attempted to rule the surface world and fought a war against Godzilla’s kind, but Godzilla vanquished him and buried him and his tribe deep within the Hollow Earth. The Iwi people realized that Kong’s arrival in Hollow Earth meant that a confrontation between Skar King and Kong was inevitable. And there was a chance that Skar King might vanquish Kong and use the portals to make his way to the surface. As a result, the Iwi had been contacting Godzilla and Jia by sending out distress signals. Jia is also mentioned in the prophecy as being essential to reawakening Mothra. Mothra is in charge of preserving harmony between the two domains and guarding the jump spots that connect Hollow Earth and Surface Earth.

Kong finds the temple after spotting Jia, and Trapper gives him an arm brace made of prototype exoskeleton technology to help heal and strengthen his frostbitten limb. Because it was kept at Outpost One, the prototype exoskeleton arm brace was easily available. They have no idea that one of the Skar King’s cronies has followed them, but he finds out and uses that information to gather his invasion force for Earth. Jia awakens the resurrected Mothra with success.

Godzilla evolves and changes his dorsal plates to a magenta color after absorbing cosmic radiation from Tiamat’s lair. Kong appears in Cairo and summons Godzilla in an attempt to entice the monster to the Hollow Earth so that he can help him. An enraged Godzilla assaults Kong despite his attempts to communicate. A brief battle follows until Mothra shows up with Jia and persuades Godzilla to assist Kong.

After that, the group descends to Hollow Earth to confront Shimo and his army as well as the Skar King. Godzilla, Kong, Shimo, and the Skar King are all dragged to Rio de Janeiro during the battle, where Shimo obeys the Skar King’s orders to start a new ice age. With a blast of icy breath, Shimo covers the sky and blocks out the light. Rio is destroyed throughout the conflict as a result of both groups’ repeated attempts to overpower one another. Up until Suko arrives with Kong’s ax and destroys the crystal-controlling Shimo, the sides are evenly matched. Now that the pain has subsided, Shimo pays attention to Godzilla, who directs him to the Skar King. Then, Shimo and Kong break the Skar King by freezing.

Godzilla comes to the Colosseum to relax after using his atomic breath to reverse Shimo’s ice age. Jia decides to stay with her adopted mother, which allays her concerns and brings her back together with Andrews. After repairing the Iwi’s dwelling’s defenses, Mothra leaves. Kong becomes the new chief of the ape tribe after arriving back on Hollow Earth with Shimo and Suko.