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Storyline

In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.

Released

2005-12-12
Revenue

$562,363,449
Budget

$207,000,000
Runtime

3hr 7m
Genre

Adventure, Drama, Action
Status

Released
Language

English
7.2
Production

Universal Pictures, WingNut Films, Big Primate Pictures, MFPV Film

Crew

Peter Jackson

Director

Philippa Boyens

Writer

Jan Blenkin

Producer

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Cast

Naomi Watts

Ann Darrow

Jack Black

Carl Denham

Adrien Brody

Jack Driscoll

Andy Serkis

Kong / Lumpy

Colin Hanks

Preston

Thomas Kretschmann

Captain Englehorn

Jamie Bell

Jimmy

Kyle Chandler

Bruce Baxter

Evan Parke

Hayes

Lobo Chan

Choy

John Sumner

Herb

Craig Hall

Mike

Peter McKenzie

Venture Crew

William Johnson

Manny

David Pittu

Weston

Mark Hadlow

Harry

Geraldine Brophy

Maude

David Dennis

Taps

Pip Mushin

Zelman

Jim Knobeloch

Thuggish Executive

Ric Herbert

Sleazy Executive

Lee Donahue

Studio Guy's Assistant

Tom Hobbs

Young Assistant

Tiriel Mora

Fruit Vendor

Jed Brophy

Venture Crew

John Wraight

Venture Crew

Will Wallace

Venture Crew

Frank Edwards

Venture Crew

Crawford Thomson

Venture Crew

Richard Kavanagh

Venture Crew

Stephen Hall

Venture Crew

Joe Folau

Venture Crew

Chic Littlewood

Old Security Guard

Samuel Taylor

Hooverville Child

Lorraine Ashbourne

Theatre Actor

Laura Surrich

New York Theatre Goer

Katie Jackson

NY Child

Michael Lawrence

Venture Crew

Ray Woolf

Venture Crew - Helmsman

Eddie Campbell

Venture Crew - Crewman

Greg Smith

Venture Crew

Phil Grieve

Laughing Man

Matt Wilson

Photographer

Jim McLarty

Photographer

Latham Gaines

Photographer

Camille Keenan

New York Citizen (uncredited)

Peter Jackson

Biplane gunner

Billy Jackson

NY Child

Jack Machiela

American Soldier (uncredited)

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Reviews for King Kong

A Review by John Chard 7

Written by John Chard on 2019-05-30

They just couldn't leave him on his island could they... King Kong is directed by Peter Jackson and Jackson co-writes the screenplay with... read more

They just couldn't leave him on his island could they... King Kong is directed by Peter Jackson and Jackson co-writes the screenplay with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. It's based on a story by Merian C. Cooper and Edgar Wallace. It stars Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Colin Hanks, Andy Serkis, Evan Parke, Jamie Bell and Kyle Chandler. Music is by James Newton Howard and cinematography by Andrew Lesnie. After completing the hugely successful Lord of the Rings trilogy, Peter Jackson turned his attentions to a reimaging of that daddy of classic creature features, King Kong. With all the new tools of the trade to hand, Jackson set about making a Kong film full of love and respect the original from 1933, whilst obviously making his own beast as it were. Story remains the same, mankind sets off to a fabled place known as Skull Island, there they find beasties not of this world, not least a gigantic mountain of a gorilla. They stupidly bring him back to America for money making exercises and things go really bad. The End. I have personally found it most interesting re-watching the film nearly 15 years since its release, especially given we have not long had a different Kong reboot with "Kong: Skull Island" in 2017. For the differences, for better or worse depending on your proclivities in Kongdom, are enormous. Kong: Skull Island is a no brain adventure yarn, high on action but low on intelligence, but it does know it. Jackson's Kong aspired to be much more cerebral, and for the most part it achieves it. Sadly it takes a whopping 3 hours to reveal its intentions, which was a problem to many back in 2005, and is still a hindrance sitting down to watch it these days - this even knowing and preparing once again for how long it is. Frustratingly there's a great film in the mix just crying out for an hour of extraneous filler and clunky dialogue to be jettisoned. Once set up has been achieved in the first hour, we finally get to Skull Island and it's an absolute technical treat. The look is fantastic, the turn of events as Kong and his acolytes have been introduced is terrific. From here it's creature feature mayhem, the beauty and the beast aspect kicks into gear, and it's all very comforting, thrilling even - with one exception. A dinosaur stampede looks ridiculous, the blend of human actors and CGI is so poor it belies the money spent on the effects for this production. That aside, though, the action sequences are electric, particularly the monster mash ups. Yet the quite reflective periods on Skull Island really strike a chord as well, just sections where Kong and Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts) are chilling out together, taking in the landscape that money mad men want to take Kong away from... Then it's back to The States and carnage ensues, culminating in a brilliantly staged last quarter of film, where all that superb period detail gets obliterated during the battle between man and beast, and where even now I'm rooting for Kong to win! As the tenderness of the Beauty and the Beast arc subsides - and it is beautiful - it's then that you once again know that Jackson was too indulgent. His cast were on form, Serkis as Kong a revelation, this is a great picture at times, a real treat in High Definition, if only someone had fronted him up to not over indulge. For then we might have a 9/10 movie as opposed to a bloated 7/10 one.

A Review by GenerationofSwine 1

Written by GenerationofSwine on 2023-01-10

05 is the worst of the Kong movies, mainly because it tries to do way too much. It tries to be epic, and because it tries to be epic it drag... read more

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A Review by John Chard

A Review by John Chard 7

Written by John Chard on 2019-05-30

A Review by GenerationofSwine 1

Written by GenerationofSwine on 2023-01-10

05 is the worst of the Kong movies, mainly because it tries to do way too much. It tries to be epic, and because it tries to be epic it drags. DRAGS. Watching through it, there is about an hour and...