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King Kong (2005)

PG-13 12/12/2005 Adventure, Drama, Action 3h 7m
69%
User
Score
7.2/10
84%
81/100

The eighth wonder of the world.

Overview

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.

Peter Jackson

Director

Fran Walsh

Writer

Philippa Boyens

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Naomi Watts

Naomi Watts

Ann Darrow

Adrien Brody

Adrien Brody

Jack Driscoll

Jack Black

Jack Black

Carl Denham

Andy Serkis

Andy Serkis

Kong / Lumpy

Colin Hanks

Colin Hanks

Preston

Thomas Kretschmann

Thomas Kretschmann

Captain Englehorn

Jamie Bell

Jamie Bell

Jimmy

Kyle Chandler

Kyle Chandler

Bruce Baxter

Evan Parke

Evan Parke

Hayes

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Media

The Beast Unleashed - Extended Preview

The Beast Unleashed - Extended Preview

Kong's Rampage - Extended Preview

Kong's Rampage - Extended Preview

Trapped in a Pit of Giant Bugs in 4K HDR

Trapped in a Pit of Giant Bugs in 4K HDR

Building the Mystical Skull Island Bonus Feature

Building the Mystical Skull Island Bonus Feature

Kong Breaks Free - Extended Preview

Kong Breaks Free - Extended Preview

King Kong | The Hilarious Secret Film Shot By King Kong's Cast

King Kong | The Hilarious Secret Film Shot By King Kong's Cast

Jack Black Pitches Shooting on Skull Island

Jack Black Pitches Shooting on Skull Island

King Kong | The Making of the Iconic T. Rex Fight

King Kong | The Making of the Iconic T. Rex Fight

King Kong | Piranhadon Attack | Deleted Scene

King Kong | Piranhadon Attack | Deleted Scene

V. Rex Fight

V. Rex Fight

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written on May 30, 2019

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...

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A review by GenerationofSwine

Written on January 10, 2023

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 a half that I would cut, mostly because it's not necessary for a movie like this. There was character development... but too much of it. There was plot, but too much of it.

If the movie was trimmed down with an eye to making it flow, it would have been decent. But instead they let it run too long with with not enough happening in it to be an exciting monster movie.

The result was kind of a drag....

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