It’s a film that sometimes feels like it’s not sure what it wants to be – it goes between flat-out monster movie, action-packed war-thriller and political satire. A lot of the humans are (spoiler-alert) fodder for the barbaric inhabitants of the island, but a bright light comes in John C Reilly’s Hank Marlow, who provides the film with some welcome human-interest and comic relief. Jackson’s crazed war-hungry squadron leader borders on the ridiculous, and even though we’ve moved away from the classic skyscraper scene, we still get a little bit of beast-and-beauty as Weaver comes face-to-face with Kong. The action is compelling, and the film’s visuals are great, but they’re let down a bit by clunky and awkward dialogue and some action-movie clichés that are as unnecessary as half the human cast.
The action is unbelievably outlandish, beautifully realised and at times really, really violent Cinematographer Larry Fong and director Jordan Vogt-Roberts combine really sharp effects (Kong’s size is pretty much unquantifiable and all the creatures are rendered in incredibly life-like detail) with a rich colour-scheme. It manages to make some gory special effects look strangely beautiful. The setting is gorgeous and the cinematography is accomplished. The action is unbelievably outlandish, beautifully realised and at times really, really violent.
The landscape is stunning, and forms a fitting backdrop for a historic battle of nature, as Kong and various other monsters go head-to-head. The island is inhabited by a myriad of creatures, and the group soon finds themselves smack-dab in the middle of an earth-shatteringly violent warzone. He recruits former military man James Conrad (Tom Hiddleston), a lot of mysterious scientists and a helicopter squadron led by expert Preston Packard (Samuel L Jackson) to make the journey, and the group are joined by photo-journalist Mason Weaver (Brie Larson) who plans to expose the whole operation as a political cover-up (more points for topical plot points). Goodman plays Bill Randa, a government official who puts together a posse of experts to journey to the uncharted Skull Island.
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