GODZILLA

Godzilla: King of the Monsters released as Godzilla II: King of the Monsters in some markets is a 2019 American monster film directed by Michael Dougherty and written by Dougherty, Zach Shields, and Max Borenstein

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Plot

Paleobiologist Emma Russell works for crypto-zoological organization Monarch to track down and study Titans, giant monsters that once dominated the Earth. She and her daughter Madison witness the birth of a giant larva dubbed Mothra. Emma calms Mothra down with a device, the “ORCA”, which is capable of emitting frequencies that can attract or alter the behavior of Titans. An organization of eco-terrorists, led by Alan Jonah, attacks and kidnaps both Emma and Madison. Mothra manages to escape and cocoon herself underneath a waterfall.

Monarch scientists and soldiers led by Drs. Ishirō Serizawa and Vivienne Graham approach Mark, Emma’s ex-husband, to track down Emma and Madison. They follow Godzilla to Antarctica and realize Jonah intends to free a Titan encased in ice called “Monster Zero”. Jonah’s team ambushes the Monarch soldiers and Mark is unable to rescue Emma and Madison. Emma frees and awakens Monster Zero. The Titan begins rampaging until Godzilla emerges and the two engage in a fight, which ends with Monster Zero killing Graham and flying away.

Monarch finds out that Jonah’s next target is in Mexico when they are contacted by Emma. She reveals that she was involved with Jonah all along after being fueled to finish her research following the death of her son, Andrew, during the 2014 attack on San Francisco. She argues that humanity is destroying the Earth, and that the Titans culling humanity will return the planet to its natural state. In Mexico, Jonah orders Emma to wake up Rodan. Monarch’s jets lure Rodan to fight the approaching Monster Zero, who defeats Rodan. Godzilla emerges from the ocean and engages Monster Zero again, tearing off one of its heads. In the midst of the battle, the military launches a missile known as the “Oxygen Destroyer” towards them, seemingly killing Godzilla, who sinks into the ocean. Monster Zero survives and regenerates a new head. Rodan becomes submissive to the will of Monster Zero, who awakens all of the dormant Titans.

Through mythological texts, Dr. Ilene Chen reveals that Monster Zero is Ghidorah, an ancient alien who serves as Godzilla’s primary rival for apex predator. Mothra emerges from her cocoon and flies to the Bermuda facility in the ocean where it is able to communicate with Godzilla, who had survived the detonation and is recuperating in a chamber inside an ancient underwater city. Monarch uses the communication frequency to locate the pair. There, Mark and a Monarch team board a submarine to revive Godzilla, as they realize the natural process could take years. They decide to detonate a nuclear weapon, allowing Godzilla to feed on the radiation, but due to earlier damages the submarine suffered from a vortex, the weapon system is offline. Serizawa sacrifices himself by manually detonating the weapon, which revives Godzilla.

In Boston, Emma realizes that the destruction Ghidorah and the other Titans will bring to the Earth is far worse than what humans could inflict, but Jonah ignores her pleas to turn back. Madison overhears this and steals the ORCA. In Fenway Park, Madison broadcasts a frequency that attracts all of the Titans to its location. Ghidorah arrives in Boston and attempts to destroy the ORCA, with Godzilla appearing with Monarch’s assistance to engage it. Mark leads a Monarch team to rescue Madison and escape the city before Godzilla emits a thermonuclear explosion. Mothra and Rodan arrive and fight each other while Godzilla battles Ghidorah.

Mothra defeats Rodan but is disintegrated by Ghidorah while trying to protect Godzilla. Mark, Emma, and Madison are reunited and they reactivate the ORCA to lure Ghidorah away from Godzilla, who is injured. Emma drives away with the ORCA, luring Ghidorah away from Mark and Madison and allowing them time to escape. The disintegrated Mothra remaining covers Godzilla, recuperates him and turn him to Crimson Mode. Godzilla recovers and, now glowing red and melting the city around him, disintegrates Ghidorah with several thermonuclear pulses which also kill Emma. Rodan and the other Titans converge on Godzilla and bow to him.

During the credits, it is revealed that Monarch has divulged their information on the Titans to the public. News clippings show a second Mothra egg being discovered, Titans converging on Skull Island, and ancient paintings of Godzilla battling Kong. In a post-credits scene, a fisherman reveals one of Ghidorah’s decapitated heads to Jonah, who buys it.

PRODUCTION

Michael Dougherty – director, co-writerZach Shields – co-writer, executive producerBarry H. Waldman – executive producerDan Lin – executive producerRoy Lee – executive producerYoshimitsu Banno – executive producer (posthumous)Kenji Okuhira – executive producerScott Chambliss – production designerLouise Mingenbach – costume designerSarah Finn – casting directorGuillaume Rocheron – visual effects supervisorTom Woodruff Jr. – effects and creature designe .

Principal photography began on June 19, 2017, in Atlanta, Georgia under the working titleFathom. Dougherty confirmed that the film would feature practical effects and creature designs by Tom Woodruff, Jr.Lawrence Sher had been confirmed as director of photography.^[24] Parts of the film were shot in the Historic Center of Mexico City between August 19–22, 2017. Dougherty announced the film had wrapped production on September 27, 2017.