As far as settings for monster movies go, that decimated landscape would seem an odd choice—the very raison d’être of such films is to show a colossal creature laying waste to a city. What’s the point of smashing up one that’s already been destroyed? But, as Takashi Yamazaki demonstrated in his 2023 film, “Godzilla Minus One,” a brutalized metropolis can still serve as a compelling backdrop.