Godzilla Minus One is a brilliant reckoning for the king of monster allegories

A wide, aerial shot of a gargantuan, upright, dinosaur-like creature roaring up into the sky as a ruined city smolders around it.

Image: Toho

Toho’s latest Godzilla film from writer / director Takashi Yamazaki takes the kaiju king back to its roots to tell a sobering story about reckoning with the present.