Through his famous ransack of Tokyo, Gojiraor Godzilla, to Western audiencesbecame the definitive movie monster. But the original Godzilla delivers more than just thrillsthe fictional monster represents Japans very real reaction to nuclear war. Attracting new generations of fans decades after his 1954 debut, Godzillas popularity launched a franchise of over two dozen films and paved the way for numerous other B-movie kaiju (monsters), including Rodan...

The new story 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.

While investigating his mother's death in 1999 at a nuclear power plant, Ford Brody, discovers a conspiracy to hide the fact that giant monsters exist. But it doesn't take long for the world to also find out, as a "Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organism" attacks Hawaii and Godzilla turns up. Ford, a U.S. Navy officer who works with bomb disposal, helps the military to use warheads to defeat the monsters.