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Legends collide in “Godzilla vs. Kong” as these mythic adversaries meet in a spectacular battle for the ages, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance. Kong and his protectors undertake a perilous journey to find his true home, and with them is Jia, a young orphaned girl with whom he has formed a unique and powerful bond. But they unexpectedly find themselves in the path of an enraged Godzilla, cutting a swath of destruction across the globe. The epic clash between the two titans – instigated by unseen forces – is only the beginning of the mystery that lies deep within the core of the Earth.
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Godzilla vs. Kong Plot Summary and Synopsis
Five years after Godzilla killed his extraterrestrial nemesis, Ghidorah, he and Kong are currently the last known active Titans on the Earth’s surface. On Skull Island, the climate has been destabilized. Monarch now watches over Kong, who resides within a giant dome. Kong is visited by Jia, the last Iwi native and Ilene Andrews’ adopted daughter, who is deaf and can communicate with Kong via sign language.
Bernie Hayes, a former employee of the Apex Cybernetics corporation and host of a Titan conspiracy theory podcast, exfiltrates information suggesting sinister activities at a Pensacola Apex facility. However, Godzilla suddenly attacks the facility; during the rampage, Bernie discovers a device that resembles the ORCA, previously used to communicate with or control Titans. Madison Russell, a fan of Bernie’s podcast, enlists her friend Josh to investigate the cause of Godzilla’s attack. Together they find Bernie and sneak into the wrecked Apex base, discovering a secret facility deep underground. They are inadvertently locked and transported in a container carrying Skullcrawler eggs (two-legged reptilian megafauna that was previously discovered by Monarch) through an underground tunnel to Hong Kong. There, they unwittingly intrude on a test of Mechagodzilla, a mechanical version of Godzilla, telepathically controlled by Ren Serizawa, the son of the late Ishirō Serizawa, through the neural networks of Ghidorah derived from a severed head that Apex had managed to retrieve. The test is cut short due to limitations of the power supply. It is then revealed that Walter intends to harness to power of an energy source in the Hollow Earth, an underground world that is below the Earth and the secret home to the Titans, to overcome the limitations of Mechagodzilla.
Apex executive Walter Simmons recruits Nathan Lind, a former Monarch scientist turned theorist on the Hollow Earth, as a guide in search of a new power source within the Hollow Earth. Although Nathan is initially hesitant because his brother tried to explore Hollow Earth but a strong anti-gravity field inside the tunnel killed him, he agrees after Walter reveals that APEX has developed HEAVs, specialized crafts to withstand the pressure exerts by the gravity field which killed Nathan’s brother. To help guide them to the Hollow Earth in search of the energy source, Nathan goes to Skull Island and meets with Ilene, convincing her to let Kong guide them through the Hollow Earth. Nathan, Ilene, and an Apex team led by Walter’s daughter Maya board a modified barge with Kong chained and lightly sedated. However, Godzilla attacks the convoy midway through the voyage and defeats Kong, but only retreats after the ships disable their power and trick him into thinking they are destroyed. Realizing that Godzilla will continue to come for Kong if he is deemed a threat, they change plans and airlift Kong to a Hollow Earth entry point in Antarctica. Jia convinces Kong to enter the tunnel and the team follows him in the HEAVs.
Inside Hollow Earth, they find an ecosystem similar to Skull Island. While traversing through the landscape, Kong and the team discover his species’ ancestral throne room that depicts an ancient war with Godzilla’s kind; they also find a glowing axe made from the dorsal plates of another Godzilla. As they find the power source, Kong discovers that it can also recharge the axe. The Apex team sends the power source’s signature back to their base in Hong Kong, but Godzilla, sensing the energy, makes landfall in Hong Kong and directly attacks the throne room via the Hollow Earth. Kong fends off the atomic breath and the subsequent invasion of Hollow Earth creatures, but Maya and the rest of the Apex team are killed. Kong and the survivors (Ilene, Jia, and Nathan) escape through the hole to Hong Kong, where Godzilla and Kong fight again. Kong’s axe allows him to repel Godzilla’s atomic breath, allowing Kong to put up a fight. Godzilla appears to be incapacitated by the fight, however, Godzilla gets back up a few seconds later. The battle ends with Kong being overpowered and severely injured by Godzilla, thus crowning Godzilla as the stronger of the two, and the Apex Titan.
In the Apex base, a concerned Ren warns Walter that they have not tested the new Hollow Earth energy source, fearing the consequences. However, Walter ignores his pleas and orders him to activate Mechagodzilla. Bernie, Madison, and Josh are caught by security and brought to Walter. Suddenly, Mechagodzilla goes haywire under the influence of the energy source and Ghidorah’s neural networks, and Ren is electrocuted to death. Mechagodzilla, now possessed by Ghidorah’s consciousness, awakens and kills Walter, then emerges from the base of Victoria Peak and attacks the city, drawing Godzilla’s attention. As Josh unsuccessfully tries to remotely shut down the rampaging robot, Godzilla and Mechagodzilla battle; however, Godzilla, weary from his battle with Kong, is overwhelmed. Nathan’s team is able to revive Kong, and Jia convinces him to help Godzilla. Kong saves Godzilla from being killed, but Mechagodzilla overpowers both of the Titans. Josh short-circuits Mechagodzilla’s controls with Bernie’s flask of liquor, stalling the robot and giving Godzilla and Kong time to recover. Godzilla blasts the axe with his atomic breath, supercharging it and allowing Kong to decapitate and destroy Mechagodzilla.
The Ending
Madison, Bernie, and Josh reunite with Mark Russell, while Godzilla and Kong acknowledge each other before going their separate ways. Sometime later, Ilene and Jia watch Kong, now ruling over the Hollow Earth, from an observation post.
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