Another booming helping of Godzilla

Godzilla Minus Zero is a big deal. Big deal, as in available in IMAX, stocked with large-scale devastation, and offering a much-anticipated continuation of what began three years ago in the widely praised Godzilla Minus One, an Oscar winner for its visual effects. Directed by Takashi Yamazaki, who brought One to the screen, the movie continues its bravura display of visual effects and returns important characters for a sequel that begins in 1949, two years after the first installment concluded. Ryuunosuke Kamiki portrays Koichi Shikishima, a former kamikaze pilot who battled Godzilla in the earlier movie. Minami Hamabe returns as Noriko, now Koichi’s wife. The couple lives a relatively normal existence with their adopted daughter Akiko (Sae Nagatani), a kid whose crying can be almost as piercing as Godzilla’s roar. The big addition involves a new monster called Ghidorah, a three-headed, fire-breathing beast with immense destructive power. Early on, Ghidorah destroys Matsumoto, a city…

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