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This one—about a team of soldiers and scientists that gets stranded on Skull Island during a mission to map the island’s geological interior with explosive charges, which you absolutely should not do when visiting a place called Skull Island—is a half-magnificent, half-misguided example of a “show me the monster” movie.
Mar 10, 2017 · Offering exhilarating eye candy, solid acting, and a fast-paced story, Kong: Skull Island earns its spot in the movie monster's mythos without ever matching up to the classic original.
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- Jordan Vogt-Roberts
- PG-13
- Tom Hiddleston
- A monster movie worthy of the Ape King.
- Verdict
By Alex Welch
Updated: May 2, 2017 6:50 pm
Posted: Mar 2, 2017 10:00 pm
There are few images more synonymous with classic American cinema than that of King Kong -- a giant ape the likes of which audiences had never seen before his first appearance -- hanging from the top of the Empire State Building in New York City, with some kind of gorgeous blonde nearby. Which is why it might seem strange to say that Warner Bros.’ newest attempt at bringing the King of the Apes to life on the big screen takes place not in a 1930s New York City, but in a psychedelic, napalm-scented, 1970s Southeast Asia. There are no Empire State Buildings in sight this time around, and even if there was, the new 100-ft tall version of Kong wouldn’t even need to hang from it in the first place.
“Your first thought when you see him towering over you should be that this is a god,” said director Jordan Vogt-Roberts in my recent interview with him about the film. In that sense, Kong: Skull Island manages to give the King Kong character something that none of the previous live-action films have -- a pre-existing reputation and mythology before he even sets foot off of his beloved homeland. To the native people of Skull Island, Kong is a god, protecting them from the other dangerous creatures that roam the land. The last of his kind, he spends his days either fighting off various threats or wandering aimlessly around the island, in search, it seems, of some kind of company.
Starting with a brief, fun flashback sequence set in the 1940s, Kong: Skull Island spends most of its time early on in 1973 America, when the US has officially decided to abandon the Vietnam War and the country seems the most divided it’s been since 1861. But the fight for national security is never over, and with the incorporation of new space-based satellites, Monarch, a corporation dedicated to hunting down unidentified terrestrial organisms (and in case you were wondering, yes, that is the very same Monarch that was in Godzilla), has discovered new satellite photos of an uncharted island said to be as legendary and cursed as the Bermuda Triangle.
There’s a moment in Kong: Skull Island when one of the soldiers plays some '70s music for Reilly’s Marlow, who responds by asking, “How can you swing to this?,” confused by the heavy emphasis on electric guitars rather than a piano or saxophone. Some King Kong purists may feel that same frustration with Skull Island, but while the aesthetic of this...
- Alex Welch
Parents need to know that Kong: Skull Island is a very violent, action-packed reboot of the King Kong story. Set in the 1970s, the movie follows a group of scientists on a mission to survey a mysterious island in Southeast Asia.
- Jordan Vogt-Roberts
- Sandie Angulo Chen
- Warner Bros.
Kong: Skull Island Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Cory Woodroof For the Win (USA Today) The monster action was actually pretty thrilling, but the film...
Mar 9, 2017 · Two pilots -- one American, one Japanese, are gunned down over a mysterious island in the South Pacific and proceed to continue their battle upon landing. Their fight, however, is quickly ...
Mar 2, 2017 · This highly entertaining return of one of the cinema’s most enduring giant beasts moves like crazy — the film feels more like 90 minutes than two hours — and achieves an ideal balance between wild...
