Review: ‘Godzilla: Heist’ Issue 2

Everything is going exactly according to plan! That’s the one thing you’re NOT supposed to say in the middle of a job, because that’s precisely when everything starts to go wrong. So far, though, for the crew of Godzilla: Heist, everything is going according to plan… assuming that plan included a helicopter crash, which, with Jai being the professional that he is, seems to have at least been considered.

Heist continues on into its second issue in typical heist movie fashion, with the crew travelling to London to execute their plan to rob the Ministry of Defence, and Jai using his drones to lure Godzilla into distracting the entire British government by doing what the Big G does best. That about sums up the story beats for this issue. There’s further teases to Mechagodzilla just as in the previous issue, but things play out in much the way they would in any given heist film. 

Which I suppose you can argue is exactly the point. Issue #1 was chock full of tropes, and nothing’s changed here.  It’s just more of your run-of-the-mill heist film that just so happens to feature Godzilla. It’s a little hard to judge it, because while it’s proving to be a fun and enjoyable idea so far, that’s kind of all it has going for it. It’s not doing anything new (giant monsters aside) and it’s to the point where it feels a little forgettable compared to some of IDW’s other recent Godzilla titles. 

That being said, while the writing isn’t quite doing it for me, Kelsey Ramsay’s artwork continues to shine, and when all is said and done, may well end up being my favorite aspect of the whole series. Her style is so unique and provides such a fresh identity to the book that definitely helps it stand out from past Godzilla comics. An early panel of Godzilla destroying the London eye makes for an especially striking visual.  I’ve been sort of lukewarm on Heist thus far. I want to like it, but it just hasn’t quite clicked for me yet. Who knows? There’s still three issues, and in heist movies, something game-changing always happens in the third act to really mess things up for the crew. There’s no telling what that might be.

OVERALL SCORE: 6/10