Godzilla: King of the Monsters

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Director: Michael Dougherty Year: 2019 Runtime: 132 min IMDb: ⭐ 6.0
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Synopsis

Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species, thought to be mere myths, rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity's very existence hanging in the balance.

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Content Warnings

⭐ IMDb Parents Guide 🛡️ Common Sense Media

a dog dies
spoiler No dogs are featured in the film.
a child is abandoned by a parent or guardian
Yes
someone leaves without saying goodbye
Yes
there's child abuse
spoiler A child's sentiments are ignored trough the movie, trying to uphold their morality, pushing them to get in harm's way.
a woman is brutalized for spectacle
spoiler Mothra is an explicitly female, highly feminine kaiju, and kaiju battles are inherently built around spectacle, so any fight she is in meets the technical definition of this trope. Whether it actually activates the trigger is entirely for you to determine.
there's abusive parents
spoiler The main human villain is a mother. She's an unhinged eco-terrorist who doesn't abuse her daughter, but she takes her inside a bunker filled to the brim with armed eco-fascists.
the abused forgives their abuser
Yes
alcohol abuse
spoiler One character's past alcohol abuse is mentioned very briefly, but nothing is shown.
an animal dies
spoiler Yeah, Mothra f*****g dies, and it's the saddest thing ever.
a pet dies
spoiler a creature that they got briefly close to but wasn't exactly a pet
a dragon dies
spoiler The main antagonist of the film and Godzilla’s Rival, the Three-headed dragon Titan Ghidorah battles Godzilla several times, when he is pursuing the Argo he is tackled by Godzilla who drags him into the ocean where he tears off one of his heads, in the final battle he is vaporised by Godzilla’s nuclear pulse.
animals are abused
Yes
animals were harmed in the making
Yes
an animal is sad
Yes
there are spiders
spoiler An unnamed titan that makes a pair of very brief cameos is very spider-like in appearance.
there are bugs
spoiler One monster is a moth, but she is a good character
there's amputation
Yes
someone breaks a bone
Yes
someone is held under water
spoiler King Ghidorah gets held underwater by Godzilla, but it turns out that Ghidorah doesn't need oxygen to survive.
someone is beaten up by a bully
Yes
a kid dies
spoiler The child's death is not seen, but the parents searching for them is the opening scene of the movie. The loss of this child is a major motivating factor and recurring theme throughout the movie for multiple main characters. Another child character is trapped in a building collapse toward the end of the movie and appears lifeless when found, but turns out to be okay.
a non-human character dies
spoiler Both Mothra and King Ghidorah are killed in this movie. Though dying and being resurrected is kind of Mothra's thing, and King Ghidorah, as a major villain, always has that sequel clause, so how "dead" they are is debatable.
a major character dies
Yes
someone dies
Yes
someone sacrifices themselves
Yes
a family member dies
Yes
a parent dies
spoiler :Spoiler: Emma (Madison’s mother), sacrifices herself at the end of the film.
someone is kidnapped
spoiler hostage situation with two main characters- pretty much kidnapping
there are jump scares
spoiler Some minor-mild ones here and there, and a big one when they are looking at Godzilla from a submarine base and apparently he has already left.
there's a claustrophobic scene
spoiler A character is trapped in a vehicle wreck, rendering unable to escape unassisted
there's natural bodies of water
Yes
someone is eaten
Yes
There's audio gore
Yes
heads get squashed
spoiler During one of the scenes a creature's head is severed. Near the end of the movie trauma to the head of a creature is delivered. After credits scene depicts a creature's severed head.
there's decapitation
Yes
there is copaganda
spoiler Not really depending on what you think it is. Cops are seen helping clear areas of civilians but most of the actual law inforcement is done by a secret and black ops branch of the military
a priceless artifact is destroyed
Yes
needles/syringes are used
spoiler There is a brief scene where a character is put in an IV
there's a hospital scene
spoiler A character is tended in an infirmary.
there's misophonia
Yes
someone suffers from PTSD
Yes
someone has a meltdown
Yes
there is a tsunami
Yes
someone struggles to breathe
Yes
there are sudden loud noises
Yes
there's flashing lights or images
Yes
shaky cam is used
Yes
there's screaming
Yes
there's underwater scenes
Yes
there are high-pitched noises
Yes
there are sirens or alarms
Yes
there are glitches or technology errors
Yes
there are repetitive sounds
Yes
someone is watched without knowing
spoiler Minor but Maddie is watched by ghidorah in Boston
someone speaks hate speech
spoiler Unsure: The antagonist's argument lead to mass murder.
the black guy dies first
spoiler No, the two major black characters make it to the end
religion is discussed
Yes
there's suicide
spoiler A couple of characters sacrifice themselves
there is sexual content
spoiler Two scenes depict characters discussing the titans engaging in sexual content: The first shows two of the titans on a screen with: "The private parts blurred out" The other has a line mentioning one of the titans possibly approaching another for: "Something more intimate", but they end up engaging in battle instead.
the ending is sad
Yes
there's end credits scenes?
Yes
a car crashes
spoiler Several cars crash or are damaged in the film.
a plane crashes
spoiler Several planes crash in the film. All while containing passengers.
a car honks or tires screech
Yes
there's blood/gore
spoiler No human gore, but a decent amount of blood.
there's gun violence
spoiler There are multiple instances of human deaths caused by gunfire, in addition to attacks on Titans with weaponry.
there's a nuclear explosion
spoiler Godzilla's nuclear pulse, there
there's body horror
Yes
someone is burned alive
spoiler Several soldiers are vaporized instantly by King Ghidorah's breath weapon.
someone is crushed to death
spoiler Suggested due to cities being flattened not actively seen.
someone is stabbed
spoiler a creature
someone falls to their death
spoiler A few characters fall from a helicopter but no graphic impact is seen.
Someone becomes unconscious
Yes

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