The War in Vietnam has just ended[edit] The American government agency "Monarch" gathers a group of specialists for a scientific expedition At first glance, the task seems simple: to map a hitherto unexplored island in the South Pacific Ocean and take geological samples. True, the research area is notorious for a record number of missing ships and aircraft, and the island itself has long been a very sinister name. And yet who would have guessed that the appearance of people on Skull Island would awaken the unknown giant forces of nature, and a peaceful expedition would turn into a war between a man and a monster? A war not for life, but for death...