Not a bad King Kong movie.

Rating: 7/10 (31 March 2017)

Kong: Skull Island takes you to the exotic and mysterious feel of the jungle, where a group of soldiers and scientists explore an island off the Pacific and runs into the gigantic gorilla, Kong. The scientists want the behemoth for studying, the soldiers want to eliminate it and the others just want to leave it alone and escape the island.
This movie is action-packed with some scary sci-fi elements to it. The plot is fast-paced from start to finish; you won't see much fillers or subplots in this movie - lots of roaming and running around in the jungle with non-stop action. The parts where each of the group members attempt to survive the man-eating Skull Crawlers' grasp provided heart-pounding excitement, and the personal agenda of each character give the film suspenseful surprises.
The characters were somewhat entertaining, giving off a nice mixture of drama, action and humor. The monster battles were also amusing.
There is really nothing in the movie that we haven't seen before in past King Kong films, but have to see this one is miles better than Peter Jackson's 2005 remake of the original 1933 classic.
Grade B-