Godzilla vs. Kong‘s Humans Ranked (By Usefulness)

Amovie like Godzilla vs. Kongisn’t about humans , it ’s aboutgiant monster fightingeach other — and yet , Godzilla vs. Kongis jam - packed with non - kaiju characters . Some of them are crucial to the game , providing key information that induce more of those fights possible while others are , well , less crucial , as they come out with little to no effect or just dog along for the ride .

What surveil is a ranking of those characters ( just the 11 “ principal ” single for briefness ) based on their usefulness in theAdam Wingardfilm : from most utilitarian to completely useless .

1. Jia played by Kaylee Hottle

Jia honestly does n’t have a ton to do in the moving-picture show but her power to communicate with Kong is utterly indispensable to the patch and emotion of the film . Their connection gives the story a heart and though she does n’t do a lot , it ’s quality over measure . The communicating alone is by far the most useful thing anyone does in the film .

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2. Nathan Lind played by Alexander Skarsgård

consider Nathan is the main character , it hit sense that he ’s utile . But just how useful ? Well , he publish a book on Hollow Earth , explains gravitational upending , and eventually leads the missionary work to get there . He also makes many hint that end up send on the patch , such as the ship playing dead to get disembarrass of Godzilla , flying Kong to Antarctica , and getting Kong to enter Hollow Earth . Later he flies the ship out of Hollow Earth and sets a charge onKong to stir up him up . It ’s in moment and piece but , overall , he ’s very utile — absurdly so , consider out of nowhere he goes from crackpot university prof no one wants to mind to at the start of the flick , to ultimate high - fly action hero by its culmination .

3. Ilene Andrews played by Rebecca Hall

For a physician , Ilene does n’t really do much , but it ’s still more than other characters in the plastic film . As the Kong expert , she act as as his foster , agree to Nathan ’s theory . As Jia ’s guardian , she help communicate some of her ideas . She also suggests the deepness kick that save Kong in his first conflict with Godzilla , explains that Kong ’s axe is drawing energy from the kernel , and gives Nathan the idea to scandalise Kong at the end . Not completely essential , but utilitarian .

4. Madison Russell played by Millie Bobby Brown

Madison ’s chief utility in the film is suggest that Godzilla is mad because he ’s being harass somehow , and being obsessed with a confederacy podcast . That ’s it . She explains that ahead of time on then spends the rest of the moving-picture show trying to prove it . Which she does . Everything else she accomplishes , like finding the podcaster Bernie and tagging along with him to solve the mystery , only works so she ’s in Hong Kong to be like “ See ? I was right . ” It adds little else but it ’s something .

Oh , Madison does have a superhuman power to open door in extremely unafraid facility with very little effort . Which helps .

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6. Bernie Hayes played by Brian Tyree Henry

Bernie has been go at Apex for five years and podcasting about it in secret . However , it ’s obvious nothing has really fall of that because the film begins with him stealing files in his biggest mission yet . Those files give him the data about sub - level 33 , and that something is being ship to Hong Kong — it ’s information that ’s meaning to the plot , but not top-notch - crucial . He also points out that the Ghidorah head is like a supercomputer . However , his most useful bit is having the boozethat ’s used to short out Mechagodzilla — close off its connexion to an orbiting satellite that somehow stops the now - sentient mecha — but he ’s not the one who has that idea or physically does it .

6. Walter Simmons played by Demian Bichir

He ’s the headspring of Apex and create much of the engineering science in the film , such as the HEAV ’s ( which stand for Hollow Earth Aerial Vehicle , of class ) and Mechagodzilla . He conceive he doing those things so that humans can become superior to Titans like Kong and Godzilla . That ’s a cardinal piece of the plot as it set up the battle but instead of getting his hands ill-gotten , he mostly stands around and brags about it , only to be promptly vote out when Mechagodzilla go bad rascal . That makes him kind of important but kind of not , hence middle of the pack .

7. Ren Serizawa played by Shun Oguri

Ren is Apex ’s Chief Technology Officer which means two things ; One , he has a holograph that explains the magnetics around Hollow Earth , and by and by he connect to andpilots Mechagodzillafor about five seconds . However , he loses that mogul almost immediately , name him whole useless .

8. Josh Valentine played by Julian Dennison

Josh ’s role is to do four things , only one of which is all important : 1 . ) Provide the avant-garde for Madison to get to Bernie , 2 . ) Pay for the bribe to find Bernie , 3 . ) steer out “ That ’s Mechagodzilla ” rather of “ Robogodzilla ” and , crucially , 4 . ) Pour Bernie ’s liquor on Mechagodzilla ’s computer . For a soul who is on screen so much , that ’s not a plenty of usefulness .

9. Maia Simmons played by Eiza Gonzalez

The first time we meet Maia , the girl of Walter Simmons , she admits she ’s “ just there to babysit ” on the stumble to recover Kong and apply him as a guideway to the Hollow Earth . Besides explaining that the HEAV ’s are expensive , she basically sit around and reacts to stuff . Eventually , she tells her team to excerpt a sample of the Hollow Earth DOE . That ’s her big import , and it ’s convey out by a golem , not her . She then betrays everyone and is crushed by Kong . The fact she ’s related to Walter adds nothing , and everything she does could ’ve been done by someone else .

10. Guillermin played by Lance Reddick

Guillermin is so useless in Godzilla vs. Kong you credibly would n’t think he ’s in the film if it was n’t Lance Goddamn Reddick . He does n’t come along until an hour and 15 transactions in and explains that he make the order to evacuate Hong Kong before the crowing battle . That sound authoritative but it ’s not in term of the overall game . That ’s it . That ’s all he does .

11. Mark Russell played by Kyle Chandler

Mark is in the first place in Godzilla vs. Kong to prompt you there was a motion-picture show before this ( Godzilla : King of the Monsters , in which he has a much more significant role ) and to hypothetically tot up some tension to the fact he ca n’t find his daughter , Madison . Beyond that , we ’re recount he ’s giving aid to citizenry after the Florida attack that give the film , but we do n’t see it . He ’s also in the elbow room when we find out Godzilla is going to Hong Kong and he texts his daughter a few multiplication . His big consequence is hugging his girl at the end after appearing in about three forgetful view . He ’s the most useless of the overall very useless humans in this movie .

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