It goes without saying, but Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is absolutely no Godzilla Minus One, though if you’re going in expecting something of that quality in a film with Barbenheimer Godzilla, then frankly you only have yourself to blame.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 5, 2024

...I’m [...] very aware that there is a lot of chatter online about The New Empire and how it’s just a WWE smackdown but with monsters and I’m like…so? I know what I came here for.

Full Review | Original Score: A+ | Jul 5, 2024

The two most famous kaijus in history are forced to join forces against a common enemy in what is one of the most fun film of the year so far

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 3, 2024

Vast parts of the film flash by without anything but guttural noises and explosions in the soundscape. It’s like listening to a metal garbage can filled with farm animals topple down the stairs.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 2, 2024

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is one big, bright, dumb, expensive Saturday morning cartoon, and it’s a hell of a lot of fun.

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10 | Jul 2, 2024

I did enjoy this sequel in fits and starts, but at no point did I particularly respect it. I feel that is telling.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/10 | Jul 2, 2024

Godzilla x Kong is shrewdly aware of the importance of establishing a human value to the primary fight, but also offers the audience absurdly thrilling sequences of buildings being destroyed as monsters fighting to the death.

Full Review | Jul 1, 2024

This one doesn’t even feel like a creature feature as much as a Transformers sequel: It’s noisy, punishing, soulless, needlessly convoluted, populated by nitwits and dullards, and choked with increasingly impersonal CGI.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jun 18, 2024

Empire is some half-assed escapism, just like all the previous MonsterVerse entries.

Full Review | Jun 11, 2024

This and "GvK" possess a straight-forward neon rock’n’roll vibe that suits the kind of rock’m sock’m energy of Titans coming to blows ...

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 11, 2024

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire may make small strides in terms of improving its storylines, but sadly it still succumbs to its usual bland, formulaic, and overly-familiar climax.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jun 10, 2024

On one level, Godzilla x Kong is about noise. On another, it’s about King Kong teaming up with his spiky punk boyfriend to save the world.

Full Review | May 29, 2024

Will Kong and Godzilla fight each other or team up against a new threat? Honestly, by the end of this movie, you won’t care.

Full Review | May 24, 2024

At best, it is a boring and tiring sequel that gets lost in a void of bulky fights between lizards and gorillas in CGI. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 2/10 | May 20, 2024

Compare this movie to last year’s “Godzilla Minus One,” and it’s clear that the character’s Japanese originators still have a better handle on what makes Godzilla fearsome and tragic — and more than the sum of its computer-generated parts.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | May 20, 2024

Dan Stevens being a wacky giant monster veterinarian was a delight.

Full Review | May 18, 2024

The New Empire ranges from ludicrous to downright sloppy, but there’s enjoyment to be culled from either extreme. It’s moderately satisfying for more forgiving audiences... but nonbelievers will roll their eyes more than they pump their fists.

Full Review | May 15, 2024

This is the kind of Godzilla movie I dreamed of as a 10-year-old boy, brimming with imaginative set-pieces, vibrant sets, and bizarre creations… the kind of s--t that would inspire a kid to go home and play with their toys.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | May 13, 2024

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is a throwback to the late Showa era. It’s vibrant, silly, and action-packed. Suffers from one-dimensional characters and a weak script, but it’s all about the action here. Overall, a fun popcorn film.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 8, 2024

Listen, sometimes you just got to turn your brain off and just go and enjoy some ridiculousness.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 18, 2024