giant ape and not bad.

Rating: 6/10 (11 March 2017)

at the end of the movie when kong is pounding his chest (no empire state building here) I thought to myself "i just saw this ending not that long ago." I was mistaken. it was not a gorilla, but a dinosaur roaring. pretty much the same though. look for the sequel at your local theatre in the not too distant future. anyway, in this version of king kong, he's the good guy and man is the baddie. Samuel l. Jackson (not as intense as usual, but he is troubled) leads a group of scientists into uncharted territory to look for i'm not sure what. when they start blowing up the island, kong appears, to put a stop to the proceedings, and it's pretty much down hill from there. there is literally nothing here you haven't seen before. many times. it's not terrible, just familiar. no acting to speak of (except for john c. reilly) and major characters get eaten or blown up. whatever. several folks in the crowd checked their electronic devices. often. never a good sign. your call.