'Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters' review: Needs to Titan things up

Godzilla could never resist karaoke night on Monster Island. Photos: Handout

The new series that's meant to expand Legendary Pictures' MonsterVerse – or at least fill in some narrative gaps between 2014's Godzilla and 2019's Godzilla: King Of The Monsters – has proven to be more curiosity than spectacle just before its mid-way point.

Monarch, as we learned in the earlier films, is the US government organisation formed just after World War II to verify the existence of titanic beasts like Godzilla and its frenemies.