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Godzilla vs. Kong, also known as "Apex" is a 2021 American science fiction monster film directed by Legendary Pictures and produced by Legendary Pictures. It is the fourth installment in the MonsterVerse franchise, following Godzilla: King of the Monsters in 2019 and serving as a sequel to both King of the Monsters and Kong: Skull Island.

Godzilla vs. Kong had a rocky development, first scheduled for release on May 29, 2020, then being moved back to March 13, 2020, only to be postponed again to November 20, 2020, and finally May 21, 2021. It was then rescheduled for March 26, 2021, before being released in cinemas in the United States on March 31, 2021. Through April 30, 2021, the film was also streaming simultaneously on HBO Max.

The film is now under production for a sequel.

Godzilla vs. Kong pits two of the world's most feared monsters against one other in a fight that might decide the destiny of the whole planet. Jia, an orphaned child with whom Kong has created a special and deep relationship, joins Kong and his guards on a risky adventure to locate his rightful home. When Godzilla unleashes his fury, they find themselves in the path of the monster, whose trail of destruction cuts over the whole planet. Despite the titanic battle sparked by unknown forces, the mystery surrounding Earth's interior has only just begun to be unraveled!

In 2024, Godzilla and Kong are the only active Titans on Earth, five years after Godzilla slew his alien foe Ghidorah. A storm created by Ghidorah combined with the storm cell that surrounds Skull Island has caused its climate to become unstable, leading Monarch to confine Kong within a dome-shaped facility with an orphaned young Iwi girl called Jia who is deaf and can communicate with Kong through sign language.

However, when Jia pays a visit to Kong and extends a doll to him, the Titan notices and promptly throws a tree at it, realizing that he is stuck within the biodome.

However, just as he is about to finish downloading the data, Godzilla comes and attacks in an unexpected manner. One of the oddest pieces of equipment found at the site, which resembled a massive robotic eye, is among the ruins.

In the aftermath of the attack, public opinion has turned against Godzilla, who is no longer viewed as humanity's savior. Madison Russell, now grown up and a fan of Bernie's podcast, sees the news about Godzilla's recent attack at her school and is worried. After school, she tries unsuccessfully to talk sense into her widowed father Mark (who is acting as Monarch's director), regarding a possible lead on the cause of Godzilla's rampage, but he dismisses everything she says as he only replies that creatures, just like people, can change. Later, Madison enlists the help of her best friend Josh Valentine to investigate the one behind Godzilla's rampage and figure out the secrets of Apex.

Meanwhile, Apex's founder and CEO, Walter Simmons, recruits Nathan Lind, a former Monarch scientist who has become a Hollow Earth theorist, to assist them in their search for a powerful energy source in the Hollow Earth, an underground world beneath the Earth and the hidden home of the Titans, which is located beneath the surface of the Earth. The fact that Nathan's brother attempted to explore the Hollow Earth and was killed by a powerful anti-gravity field within the tunnel initially makes him wary of going into the Hollow Earth. Apex has invented and built Hollow Earth Aerial Vehicles, specialized vehicles that are capable of withstanding the gravity field's pressure, and Walter explains this to him, and he finally accepts.

Nathan travels to Skull Island, where he meets his colleague, Monarch anthropological linguist and Jia's adoptive mother Ilene Andrews. Nathan proposes that they use Kong as their navigator to guide them to the Hollow Earth, as Skull Island is no longer able to contain him (because Kong has grown too large) and allow him to survive. Ilene Andrews agrees, and the two of them set out to find the energy source. Though Ilene initially refuses, explaining that Godzilla would come for Kong as soon as he was moved off of Skull Island, she eventually agrees after being persuaded by Nathan that they must undertake this mission in order to halt Godzilla's rampage and that they can also find Kong a new home on the mainland.

When Godzilla becomes confused by the depth charges, Kong is able to surface to get some air.

With no other choice, Nathan determines the gang should instead shut off the ships' power to fool Godzilla into believing he destroyed them and Kong was vanquished, which finally occurs successfully. Godzilla swam away from the devastated fleet, assuming he had triumphed, after he spied on it for a while. Realizing that Godzilla would show up again if they restart their ships, the crew changes course and instead flies Kong to the spot where Ghidorah was initially trapped in the Hollow Earth in Antarctica instead of their original intention. There, Jia tries to get Kong to follow him to his house, but he refuses.

Meanwhile, Madison and Josh encounter Bernie, who recognizes Madison as Mark's daughter and joins their inquiry since they feel Apex had something to do with Godzilla's shift in behavior. The "eye" Bernie had mentioned earlier has vanished from the Apex facility they sneak into together, despite their efforts. They accidentally trap themselves in an antigravity transport vehicle transporting Skullcrawler eggs and are taken to Hong Kong via an underground tunnel after discovering a hidden facility far below ground level.

En there, they encounter Apex's ultimate weapon "Mechagodzilla" - a mechanical Godzilla commanded by the late Dr. Ishiro Serizawa's son, Ren Serizawa. Once the mecha is powered up, Walter unleashes a gigantic adult Skullcrawler nicknamed "Number 10" into the room to test Mechagodzilla's Titan-fighting abilities. As the Skullcrawler nears Madison, Josh, and Bernie, Mechagodzilla grabs it and restrains it, before cleaving it in two with a tremendous red energy beam. As a result of the power supply's restrictions, the mecha promptly shuts down.

The next day, Kong and Nathan's crew continue their quest, finally arriving to a massive stone temple that was formerly the property of Kong's forefathers. As they explore the inside, they discover remnants of an old fight between Kong's and Godzilla's races, as well as an ancient axe crafted from the dorsal plate of a dead member of Godzilla's species, which Kong uses to sit on a massive throne. In the process of locating the power source that would allow them to augment Mechagodzilla's power supply, Nathan's crew discovers that the same power source can also be used to replenish Kong's battle axe. Maia and the Apex crew, on the other hand, utilize spider-like drones to harvest the power source and transport it back to their Hong Kong headquarters, ignoring Ilene's protests that Apex should not just grab the discovery of the century. Maia orders her bodyguards to fire their weapons towards Nathan's crew, only for Kong to violently scream at them in response to their actions. While this is going on, Mechagodzilla starts transmitting a signal to Godzilla, who is alerted to the machine's activation and immediately rushes for Hong Kong.

Godzilla makes his way into the heart of the city and, upon detecting Kong's presence in the Hollow Earth, uses his atomic breath to dig a hole through the environment, causing the temple to collapse. When a flock of Hellhawks attacks, Kong and Nathan's team rush to the rescue, only for Kong to grab their HEAV on their way out, crushing it in his hand despite Maia's attempts to shoot him in order to escape. After peeking inside to make sure Jia, Ilene, and Nathan aren't in there, Kong immediately crushes the aircraft in his hand, killing Maia and her team on board.

He shows compassion and saves Kong's life before walking away, leaving Kong with serious injuries but still awake as he succumbs to commotio cordis as a result of his injuries.

Mechagodzilla suddenly goes crazy under the influence of both the energy source and Ghidorah's brain networks, unbeknownst to Walter as he is monologuing about his invention with his back turned, ending in the robot murdering Walter with a sweep of its hand and Ren being electrocuted to death. In this episode, Mechagodzilla, who has been possessed by Ghidorah's mind, escapes from the Apex facility under Victoria Peak Mountain and rampages over the city before coming face to face with Godzilla. Once it comes into touch with Godzilla, Mechagodzilla launches a volley of missiles at the monster's biological counterpart before the two engage in a pitched combat.

While Josh and Bernie unsuccessfully try to deactivate the rampaging robot remotely and Madison tries to call up Mark for help, Godzilla, despite having already grown weary from his earlier battle against Kong, and Mechagodzilla battle, at one point both fire their energy beams at each other which lock together, only for Mechagodzilla to gain the upper hand, knocking Godzilla over and burning him. While Mechagodzilla continues to overwhelm and badly beat Godzilla, Nathan, Ilene, and Jia approach an unconscious Kong, where Jia senses that his heartbeat is slowing down. Ilene explains that they can't produce a charge big enough to restart Kong's heart, but Nathan, having remembered what Maia said earlier about the HEAVs producing a charge big enough to power Las Vegas for a week, flies the remaining HEAV onto Kong's chest and sets it to self-destruct, detonating the craft and releasing a huge electrical charge which instantly revives Kong.

As Mechagodzilla is about to fire its red energy beam into Godzilla's throat, Kong rushes atop the robot and deflects the beam into the air, so sparing Godzilla's life. Godzilla assists Kong in fighting Mechagodzilla after realizing Kong saved his life and sense an ally in him upon discovering he is not an adversary.

After seeing Kong holding his axe, Godzilla charges it by blasting it with his atomic breath. This allows Kong to dismantle Mechagodzilla from head to toe and then sit down to relax after raising his trophy and letting out a great shout of victory.

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The site's summary of audience evaluations had a similar sentiment, writing that "This long-awaited blockbuster matchup makes it easy not to think about the so-so story and characters by serving up plenty of action and incredible effects." Indeed, critics largely enjoyed the film's monster brawling portion, but some voiced dissatisfaction in the "half-baked" human part of the picture. The film was credited with breaking a five-day weekend box office slump fueled by the COVID-19 outbreak, earning an estimated $48.5 million dollars by Sunday morning. WarnerMedia did not reveal viewership data for the film on HBO Max, but maintained that it had the highest viewership of any series or feature published on the channel since its introduction. The picture also enjoyed tremendous overseas ticket sales, with an extra haul of around $236 million in non-U.S. countries.

Godzilla vs. Kong has topped the overall box office of Godzilla: King of the Monsters on April 17, 2021, although still having a relatively lower box office owing to the outbreak.

Godzilla and King Kong haven't starred in a film together since 1962's King Kong vs. Godzilla.

After his unproduced script for the unmade 1994 feature, this is Terry Rossio's first Godzilla film.