finally, a Kong film that gives us what we want!

Rating: 8/10 (31 May 2020)

It's strange, this mash-up of King Kong, Apocalypse Now and Ice Age 3 (Tom Hiddleston's character is basically Buck the weasel), but it works. After the disappointment of two previous overblown remakes, someone finally seems to have figured out what we want from the story: which is not Freudian symbolism and tragedy but monsters, jungle and - without spoiling it - the potential for a sequel. It manages a few laughs, which doesn't hurt, and isn't entirely brainless: the environmental message of the 70s version is in there somewhere, without spoiling the fun.
In fact I think it's like one of those Doug McClure 'Lost World' films of the 70s - which I used to love - but produced to a much higher standard. I enjoyed it.