Entertaining, but predictable and stereotyped

Rating: 8/10 (15 March 2017)

One big ape, a couple of villains monsters, a couple of other monsters on the way, some stereotype scientist and soldiers, some good, some a bit deranged, the usual body down count, some quite surprising, some predictable, and though the female/Kong relationship was indicated not another screaming blonde, thank god. The total 115min. are a bit short, some more minutes spend on character development would have been good.
All in all nothing new, but all really well made. Story line is rather fast, particular at the first half an hour. The acting as expected from the high level cast is very good, in particular from Sam Jackson and John C.Reily. Tom Hiddleston I found a bit bland, but might be according to the script, the rest of the "dino food" somewhere in between. The final showdown is pretty intense, naturally with the usual one or two exaggerations where people get somehow in the middle of the monster fights AND survive. Just grin and ignore it, doesn't spoil the fun. It is not Shakespere and doesn't want to be.
The CGI is mostly above par though Kong's silhouette looks a bit too much like a man. I prefer the Peter Jackson version of Kong. Jackson/Serkis also gave their Kong a bit more character making him more believable.
However, I'd prefer this movie slightly over the three hour ice-skating King Kong version. Enjoy.