My jaw dropped

Rating: 1/10 (26 May 2017)

From scene one this film felt confusing and disjointed. And it stayed that way. The only thing that did change over time was the introduction of stupid characters that did increasingly stupid things. And the premise for the plot is beyond moronic: an island that is surrounded by a perpetual storm (???), so intense that... you can actually fly through it without any problems, making it irrelevant to the plot, except for playing the role of explaining why they can't call for help (which could have been done much more easily without the contrived storm nonsense). As soon as they arrive, the giant ape shows up and we learn that the mini-gun mounted on the helicopter, which can turn an armoured vehicle into a pile of scrap metal in a second, can barely annoy the thing. We also learn that the pilots are mentally retarded. Whoever chose not to leave the theater at this point was in for even more nonsense and abysmally poor screen writing. But I prefer to spare you all that. If you haven't seen this film, keep it that way.