Godzilla.2 Apr 2026

When director Michael Dougherty took the reins for the 2019 sequel to Gareth Edwards’ 2014 Godzilla , he didn’t just raise the bar—he thermonuclear-tailed it into low Earth orbit. This isn’t a gritty war movie with a lizard cameo. This is a four-legged, radioactive opera. The story follows the Russell family—Dr. Emma Russell (Vera Farmiga) and her daughter Madison (Millie Bobby Brown)—who have invented a device called the Orca, which can communicate with Titans. Naturally, this falls into the hands of eco-terrorist Alan Jonah (Charles Dance), who wants to release all the monsters to “restore balance” to a polluted planet.

I fall firmly into the second camp.

There are two kinds of people in this world: those who watch Godzilla: King of the Monsters and complain about the human drama, and those who watch it with their hands in the air, whispering “holy crap, Mothra has laser wings.” godzilla.2