King Kong: Skull Island

Rating: 4/10 (9 April 2017)

Oh brother. Yet ANOTHER story about King Kong. This time he's on his own island (it's unexplored, see...), only to be disturbed by some people who, oh, who cares?
Where Peter Jackson's "King Kong" had heart and soul, this gobbler has neither. In fact, the only thing this one has is a ton of CGI. King Kong doesn't look real; it looks like a man in a bad monkey suit. And what were those monsters he fought? They looked like Pterodactyls. In other words, they were not frightening.
The cast managed to sleepwalk their way through the film. The only saving grace was John Ryan, even though there was not that much to his character. Samuel L. Jackson's portrayal of the "bad guy" was caricature-ish and unbelievable. I understand any director wanting to cast Mr. Jackson as the villain, but at least give him something to work with.
Rated PG-13 for science-fiction violence and some adult language.