“Kong: Skull Island” is more consistent and well-developed in its pursuit of the idea that the obsessive American quest for victory in Vietnam can only lead to disaster.

The director, Jordan Vogt-Roberts, takes much of his inspiration from the original Skull Island sequence of the 1933 “King Kong,” with its storybook dinosaurs, and you may also detect the ...

But for what Kong: Skull Island sets out to do, which is deliver a monster movie filled with the kind of action and destruction that audiences have never seen from a King Kong film before, it’s ...

The 1976 remake of King Kong is no slouch, however. Adjusted for inflation, the film made over $30 million opening weekend, which is just under half of Kong: Skull Island.

Kong: Skull Island is not only a worthy standard-bearer in the giant-monster genre, but an excellent reminder of the genre’s appeal as both escapist fantasy and compelling adventure that pits ...

Call it by its actual title “Kong: Skull Island” or by its popular nickname “Apocalypse Kong.” Just don’t say it’s like any other giant ape movie. The latest stab at reintroducing the ...

A scene from 'Kong: Skull Island.' (Warner Bros.) Warner Bros. John C. Reilly does his best Dennis Hopper as Hank Marlow, a half-crazed World War II pilot who’s been living with the locals since ...

Kong is the last of his family — all of whom also served as Skull Island protectors — and he takes his job seriously. It’s why he’s still alive, and it’s why the primitive people who ...

Kong: Skull Island posed major character animation, fur, water, and fire effects challenges for ILM and its collaborators. All these things of course might happen on any cg creature feature, but ...

"Kong: Skull Island" is a big, noisy B-movie infused with moments of wit and sprightly visual sophistication, anchored by what surely must be the most enormous version of King Kong since the giant ...

The director, Jordan Vogt-Roberts, takes much of his inspiration from the original Skull Island sequence of the 1933 “King Kong,” with its storybook dinosaurs, and you may also detect the ...

Kong: Skull Island - Review A monster movie worthy of the Ape King. By Alex Welch Posted: March 3, 2017, 5:56 p.m.