I enjoyed this rip roaring tale

Rating: 8/10 (10 April 2017)

American and Japanese fighter pilots bale out, only to land on an unmapped Pacific Island. It's 1944. They continue the fight into the jungle, only to have their squabble interrupted by a huge gorilla hand.
The world moves on, and we are now in 1973, the Vietnam war has just ended, turning the tide for adventurer Bill Randa, played by Fred Flintstone John Goodman, who wants to explore Skull Island, reputedly the home of mysterious beings.
Jurassic Park meets the Island of Doctor Moreau: this film follows the well worn clichés of the monster genre. The action in this improbable outing takes place on the island, the monster Kong is not whisked away, but fights battles on his own territory.
An almost demobilised unit of airborne soldiers, lead by Preston Packard (Samuel L Jackson) is seconded as escort for the expedition.
A slightly mysterious tracker, James Conrad (Tom Hiddleston), and a gritty yet alluring female photojournalist, Mason Weaver (Brie Larson), Join the band.
Now, abandon hope all you who expect a 1973 period piece. The uniforms, some of the armament, as well as some technology are anachronistic. There are some 60s techno touches and soundtrack items to set the scene, but you didn't come here for a history lesson. Sit back, go with the CGI and green screen flow, to enjoy the action.
The Apocalypse Now heli-troopers survive the perpetual storm surrounding the island, only to be plucked from the air by our resident 12 storey gorilla, Kong. The survivors, now split into two groups, try for a rendezvous, only to encounter more scary monsters on the way.
It's not long before Tracker and Photojournalist meet up with the original American airman from 1944. He has lived with the unsmiling, silent, indigenous humans for 28 years. Salvaging parts from the WWII planes and an abandoned freighter, they fashion a motorboat to escape the island.
On their journey, Kong witnesses Photojournalist rescuing a stricken animal, then later they have a Faye Wray moment of tenderness. Meanwhile, in the other party, Colonel Cataclysm plans more explosive, jungle torching mayhem to set the world straight. His flames usher in the final denouement.
It is not humans versus monsters, the humans are bystanders to the Titanic struggle between Kong, scarred and singed from earlier conflict, and a giant legless lizard.
The real nobility belongs to the beast, although beauty lives on to tell the tale.