Like the first “Godzilla,” the sequel spends most of its time with boring human characters, and only allows a small amount of time to be spent with the impressive looking monsters. The plot is strange, featuring eco-terrorists, a sonar-like MacGuffin and convoluted monster fights. Most of the human characters are boring and poorly-written, but there is one character with a bit of a surprise twist that helps shake things up. And while the ad campaign seemed to focus on actress Millie Bobby Brown, her roll is fairly small for the most part. It’s her father, played by Kyle Chandler, who is the star of the film. He’s generally fairly one-note, defined only by his desire to save his daughter and hate of Godzilla. As far as Godzilla himself, he doesn’t get to do a whole lot. We really only see him in action a couple times, and its brief and somewhat uninspired. The other monsters are fine, we see a couple get some decent action sequences, while the rest mostly just pop-up on news broadcast showing us a glimpse of the damage they caused. There is a scene after the credits, but it’s really not worth sticking around for if you’re in a hurry.
** out of *****