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That’s mainly where this film differs from the others before it. Director, Jordan Vogt-Roberts places our characters in the trenches of an all-out battle between goliaths. This influence could even be seen in the film’s promotional art one particular poster is a purposeful copy of classic war film, Apocalypse Now. Honestly, this film closely resembles a Vietnam War film, which made the Southeast Asian country the perfect shooting location. While there are brief moments of the “beauty and the beast” storyline seen in the origin story Kong films this is a mile a minute adrenaline rush. Let me start out by stating that this is not your run of the mill King Kong film. As you can guess things go “not so according” to plan and the group must fight to escape the many inhabitants of “Skull Island”. Under the guise of scientific geological exploration, Randa leads a military and research team (headed by Tom Hiddleston, Samuel Jackson, and Brie Larson) on a dangerous excursion through hidden land.

Flash forward 30 years and we open on scientist Bill Randa (John Goodman) attempting to convince government officials of the existence of an unexplored island in the South Pacific. The two continue their fight on foot until their skirmish is broken up at the site of the title’s gigantic creature. Two fighter pilots, on opposite sides of the conflict, crash land on a mysterious island. Kong opens in 1944, smack dab in the middle of World War 2.

Now, with Kong coming to bluray/digital I had a chance to sit down and take in the giant primate’s greatness! Join me as I take on Warner Bros newest release, Kong: Skull Island! Sadly, when Kong: Skull Island hit theaters I was unable to make it out. So you know that as soon as I heard there was a King Kong reboot heading our way it took a lot for my head not to explode. Hell, I’m still waiting for a proper sequel to Cloverfield. Giant monster movies, or Kaiju films, are my bag! You put an enormous creature on the big screen and I’m probably going to eat it up.

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