Welcome to Skull Island Park

Rating: 6/10 (24 June 2017)

Overall it's a completely decent action/suspense movie. Nobody is going to be handing an Oscar to Brie Larson or Tom Hiddleston for their work in this movie but they're both pretty good. Probably the only person who rises above looking slightly bored is John C. Reilly. He seems to be having a lot fun with the character and the story picks up when he shows up. Samuel L. Jackson is fine but seems arbitrarily angry throughout. The movie looks great though. I didn't see it in the theatre but I'd imagine it was even more visually appealing. It has some great colour that gives it a 70s feel without feeling retro. I read some complaints of distracting slow-mo but it didn't bother me. This is the DoP of Sucker Punch and Batman v Superman but I don't think he's 'unleashed' like those movies. As for the story it never really rises above passable. They go to Skull Island and King Kong is there. Obviously there's a bit more to it than that but it never rises above monsters attacking people. Do a lot of people do dumb things to move the plot forward? Yes. Did I find that distracting? Not really. It never becomes more than a pretty movie that has so-so fights and too many characters. Don't go out of your way to watch it but hey as a cheap rental? For sure!