Yamazaki’s Minus Zero brings Toho’s Godzilla back to life, and he’s better than ever

I won’t say that Academy Award winner Takashi Yamazaki has, with Godzilla Minus Zero, made a better picture than 2023’s superb Godzilla Minus One. I am tempted to state that he’s equaled it. Bigger, bolder, and more narratively dense — while also doubling down on the stinging antiwar and anti-military-industrial complex themes of its predecessor — this sequel is as thrilling as it is heartrending. Yamazaki pulls out all the stops, once again showcasing the legendary king of the monsters in ways that, even after 72 years of big-screen success, feel imaginative, refreshing, and, best of all, new.It’s now 1949, and after successfully leading the fight against Godzilla, Kenji Noda (Hidetaka Yoshioka) is in charge of Japan’s Special Disaster Response Bureau. After a particularly monstrous assault leaves a city in rubble, Noda turns to close friend Kôichi Shikishima (Ryûnosuke Kamiki) to help him train a new generation of pilots to fight gigantic reptilian adversaries.

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