I promise you, this will be the last of the Godzilla reviews, for a little while. But, I make no promises. Following the events of the film from 2014, King of the Monsters follows the Monarch organization keeping a close watch on not only Godzilla, but the numerous other monsters who have come out of hiding after his resurgence. Seeking to remake the world, eco-terrorist Alan Jonah uses a device that can transmit a signal and control the monsters to do his bidding, and he goes for the biggest and baddest of them all: King Ghidorah. When he’s released, an old rivalry is rekindled, building to a battle between King Ghidorah and Godzilla. As much as a fan as director Michael Dougherty, the film still falls short in several categories. It has plenty of nods to the older films, but also contains a few fan service atrocities that still leave me baffled to this day. A lot of the character writing is confused, with each subplot seemingly having their own definition, but when you put it together, they begin to clash. Not to mention that the script suffers tonally as well. There are some organically placed jokes, but there’s a few that pull you out of the moment, made all the worse by the feel that they’re striving for. On top of all that, the monster action is always cut away from for some bit of human drama. Sometimes it is warranted, and does work, but other times it feels far too artificial for one to care. However, there are some legitimate pros to this movie. Kyle Chandler does a very good job as the leading man, and yes, the script he has to work with can be clunky, but he brings his A-game to it. If you watch some of the press interviews for the film, as well, you’ll see that he has a huge respect for what the character of Godzilla stands for. Fun fact as well, he was in both this franchise and King Kong, appearing in Peter Jackson’s 2005 remake, and all of that culminates into his appearance in Godzilla Vs. Kong. A lot of the action scenes are very entertaining, even despite the downright laughable CGI at some points. When the effects do try, they really try. The one perfect aspect of the movie is the soundtrack, done by Bear McCreary. It evokes many of the classic Ifukube scores, with a new, fast paced tone, as well as many new tracks that are an absolute delight to the ears. Even with the perfect soundtrack bringing up old feelings, the approach to nuclear weapons comes off as lazy, and doesn’t carry itself with the trademark consequences the franchise is known for. As a whole, it’s fun enough as a film, but has a flaw for every pro. If you’re a big fan, definitely check it out, but if not, you won’t lose sleep over missing it.