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Eric Boehm

Review: Godzilla Minus One Rejects the Idea of a 'Noble Death' in War

The beginning of Godzilla Minus One, the latest installment in the 70-year series of kaiju flicks made by the Japanese production company Toho, upends one part of the usual formula: Tokyo is already a smoldering wasteland.

That's not because of a monstrous mutant reptile. It's from the relentless firebombings carried out by the American military near the end of World War II.

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