An average monster film

Rating: 5/10 (13 March 2017)

So after the decent Godzilla film in 2014 this is the second film in this monster universe and unfortunately this film just doesn't hit the high levels I wanted even though there is good stuff in this film. The premise of this film is set in the 1970's as a team of military personal and scientists go to a mysterious island where they encounter creatures and Kong. Tom hiddelston plays the main hero in this film and unfortunately I found him very bland and dull in this film. I feel maybe he was miscast in the role but mainly it was just the fact that his character had no depth and was very wooden. However, the character of Kong is awesome in this film, unlike Godzilla Kong is given plenty of screen time in this film and I thought he was possibly the most interesting character in this film. Samuel l Jackson plays the military commander in this film and he is great in this film, he has a legitimate reason for going against Kong and you buy him as he develops throughout the film with his men. John Goodman plays the head scientist in this film and I liked him in his role, I thought his dynamic with Jackson in the film was good even though I maybe would have liked to have seen a bit more of him. John c Reilly plays a man who has been on the island longer then the rest and I actually liked his character. I was worried that his added humour would go against the film but I thought he had the best lines and I ended up caring about his character. Brie Larson plays a photographer in this film that goes along for the journey and similar to hiddleston that I found her pretty boring and bland in the role. The story in this film has some nice personal moments especially involving the soldiers and morality. But it is very by the numbers and unfortunately everything to do with Kong is very similar to what they did with Godzilla and it just comes across as repetitive and not unique for his character. The script in this film is just pretty awful, the humour in this film comes across as incredibly forced except for some of Reilly's lines. Also the drama never really hits the levels that it should. The style of this film has some brilliant action scenes, seeing Kong throw down is awesome to see and you get quite a bit of it in this film that I was highly entertained by. However, this film has some tone issues, it is highly inconsistent moving from dramatic to humorous without any segway really which was jarring. Overall this is an average film that doesn't really do Kong justice.