King Kong Lives (1986)
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Pandering über-producer Dino De Laurentiis followed his unnecessary 1976 remake of King Kong with this even more pointless sequel ten years later. Though the colossal ape Kong took a half-gainer off the World Trade Center for Jessica Lange at the previous film's climax, we are told at the sequel's outset that Kong survived and is being kept alive through artificial means by a secret scientific team (headed by Linda Hamilton in her pre-action-heroine days) dedicated to designing a synthetic
Dec 19, 1986 Wide
Sep 7, 2004
Cast
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Brian Kerwin
Hank Mitchell -
Peter Elliott
King Kong -
Linda Hamilton
Amy Franklin -
George Yiasumi
Lady Kong -
John Ashton
Col. Nevitt -
Peter Michael Goetz
Dr. Ingersoll -
Frank Maraden
Dr. Benson Hughes -
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Jeff Benninghofen
1rst Radioman -
Marc Clement
Crew Chief -
Bonnie Cook
Tech -
Lou Criscuolo
Faculty Doctor -
David de Vries
Tech -
Buck Ford
Guard Sergeant -
Michael Forest
Vance -
Elizabeth Hayes
Reporter -
Winston Hemingway
Staff Sergeant -
J. Michael Hunter
Technician -
Wallace Merck
Hunter -
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Leon Rippy
Hunter -
Alan Sader
Faculty Doctor -
Mike Starr
Cell Guard -
Jimmie Ray Weeks
Maj. Peete -
Dean Whitworth
Hunter -
Duke Ernsberger
Cell Guard -
Robin Cahall
Mazlansky -
Bernard Addison
Captain -
Natt Chritensen
Surgeon -
Rod Davis
TV Reporter -
Margaret Freeman
Native Woman -
Jayne Linday Gray
Reporter -
Jim Grimshaw
Sergeant -
Gary Kaikaka
Boat Skipper -
Don Law
Security Chief -
Jack Maloney
1rst Wrangler -
Michael McLendon
Captain -
Debbie McLeod
Reporter -
Hope Nunnery
Lady in Phone Booth -
Tom Parkhill
Radioman -
Derek Pearson
Youth -
Mac Pirkle
Surgeon -
Ted Prichard
Reporter -
Shannon Rowell
Female in Crowd -
Lydia Smith
Mom -
Larry Souder
Faculty Dr. -
Herschel Sparber
Hunter -
Larry Sprinkle
Journalist -
Dandy Stevenson
Mom -
Mary Swafford
Girl Friend -
Jimmy Wiggins
Boy Friend -
Peter Anthony Elliott
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King Kong Lives ... has a dull cast and a plot that's even duller, but the ape himself is in good form.
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Why?
But, oh, how I laughed.
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