Complex sentence: Packard's trap incapacitates Kong, and he orders his men to set explosives around the fallen creature, but before he can finish the ape off, Conrad's group arrives and a standoff ensues.
Split into simpler sentences: Packard's trap incapacitates Kong, and he orders his men to set explosives around the fallen creature. Before he can finish the ape off, Conrad's group arrives and a standoff ensues.