Godzilla x Kong: New Empire is the 5th part of the Monsterverse cinematic universe by Legendary and Warner Bros. Creative pictures. The film deserves to be Hollywood's biggest entertainment blockbuster in 2024 and these are the reasons why this unique title cannot be missed.
The return of “pop culture icons”
Over the past decades, the world has witnessed the birth of many cinematic and cultural characters loved by audiences. Among the many superheroes with special powers or adorable cartoon characters, there are also super monsters represented by Godzilla and Kong that make global audiences crazy.
The new film Godzilla x Kong: New Empire is directed by Adam Wingard – the father of the hugely successful film Godzilla vs. Kong. Talking about the idea for the new film, Wingard said: “Once we have seen Godzilla and Kong have a climactic battle in 'Godzilla War Kong', the question is: 'What will be next? ?” Obviously the answer must be: an alliance of two great monsters. But we cannot let them ally together too easily. Once you set up an alliance between Godzilla and Kong, you can't separate them anymore, but these two great monsters don't always get along. They all have big egos. Although they stand on the same front line, they are still two different characters and do not always agree with each other. And that's what we exploit.”
Centered on two super monsters, director Adam Wingard and his crew lead the audience on an adventure to a new world – Hollow Earth. There exist many other titans here, with lurking dangers and the mystery of ancient cultures.
What makes Godzilla x Kong: New Empire so interesting and daring is that in this part, Wingard decided to create a true “monster” movie, when the super monsters have a lot of space to act and show off. complete your skills. The story line about the human characters is restrained to the maximum, becoming more realistic and even more “convincing” than trying to “speak loudly” to the audience.
Talking about this bold but extremely impressive and effective idea, director Wingard said: The successes of the previous part have made me feel confident that we can completely let the monsters tell the story. their own. Making a monster movie is always a great experience. Those are skills that you cannot prepare for in advance. Now that I know how to make monster movies, I'm ready to make new movies and take things to the next level, because above all, what I want to make is not simply a monster movie, but giving the audience an exciting journey that they have never seen before.
Action and CGI party
Godzilla x Kong: New Empire delivers exactly what audiences expect from a true entertainment blockbuster in theaters: epic scale, many action scenes and beautiful effects. Set in the Hollow Earth – a land completely unfamiliar to the audience, the filmmakers have unleashed their creativity to create a completely new world deep underground, where there are countless strange and strange flowers and plants. and at the same time contains long-standing secrets about human culture.
Supervising producer Eric McLeod shared: “The Hollow Earth of Godzilla x Kong: New Empire will be its own world, its own space. Both the ceiling and floor have specific shapes and geological features, and Adam wanted to use brighter colors. He wanted the Hollow Earth to have both light and dark colors, the dark of the volcanoes and the light of the forests. I think it was also Adam's idea to reflect the battle between Good and Evil in the movie: the Iwi tribe with bright colors living in the forest and the Skar King will be immersed in the darkness of the volcano.”
Not only has the context been expanded, the main characters themselves have also transformed, along with the appearance of villains. Godzilla – the god with destructive power will have an extremely “war” energy transformation in the new part, with pink spines and atomic breath. Meanwhile, Kong is equipped with an additional Glove – a detail closely related to the previous part, in addition to the appearance of new evil monsters.
All of these new changes aim for one ultimate goal: to bring an exciting, thrilling story with super monsters at the center. And when super monsters clash, there's nothing better than powerful combat.
Godzilla x Kong: New Empire has quite a large amount of time fighting scenes between monsters, in particular, many scenes have almost only the sounds of monsters growling and rushing to “dissect” each other without any reaction. any human intervention. This new change makes the audience extremely excited, looking forward to a completely fresh, eye-catching, and ear-pleasing experience on the big screen.
For the first time, audiences under 13 years old in Vietnam have access to the film in theaters
In this theatrical release, with the change in the film review and classification system that was updated last year, Godzilla x Kong: New Empire was labeled K – audiences under 13 years old can watch the movie when available. accompanying parent or guardian, similar to the film's PG-13 rating in its home country of North America.
By being labeled K, the film can officially reach audiences under 13 years old in Vietnam – many of whom have known and loved these giant super monsters. Godzilla x Kong: New Empire becomes a suitable movie for the whole family to enjoy together in theaters, because no matter what age, the audience will not be able to sit still without being happy and excited about The return of “god” Godzilla and “king” Kong.
From March 29, Godzilla x Kong: New Empire officially opened in theaters with a big craze at the Vietnamese box office. Just on the day of the premiere screening on March 28, the film earned impressive numbers (with more than 100,000 spectators, revenue of approximately 10 billion VND) bringing Godzilla x Kong: New Empire to the throne of monster movies. Kaiju has the highest premiere revenue of all time in Vietnam, as well as the movie with the highest premiere revenue at the Vietnamese box office of Warner Bros. Pictures. Thus, Godzilla x Kong: New Empire is expected to prolong the heat at the Vietnamese box office after the recent period of strong “revival”.