Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
★★ ★ 1/2 A couple of years ago, my wife and I went to see Mission: Impossible: Fallout . After the film, she told me she didn't like the movie and was surprised that I enjoyed it. She felt the plot was convoluted, the characters were flat, and nothing made sense. She expected me to agree, but I replied, "Tom Cruise jumps out of a freaking plane—so who cares!?" Godzilla v. Kong falls into the same category. Don't get me wrong— MI: Fallout is one of the best action movies of the decade; this film is not. But both eschew plot and character development and put all their eggs in the "wow-look-at-that" basket.