Kong: Skull Island

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Kong: Skull Island

PG-13

2017

1h 58m

Adventure

Action

Sci-Fi

Fantasy

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Scientists, soldiers and adventurers unite to explore a mythical, uncharted island in the Pacific Ocean. Cut off from everything they know, they venture into the domain of the mighty Kong, igniting the ultimate battle between man and nature. As their mission of discovery soon becomes one of survival, they must fight to escape from a primal world where humanity does not belong.

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Critics Consensus

Offering exhilarating eye candy, solid acting, and a fast-paced story, Kong: Skull Island earns its spot in the movie monster's mythos without ever matching up to the classic original.

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Kristen Lopez

Culturess

11/20/2017

There's life in the old ape yet, but he sinks like the Titanic.

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K. Austin Collins

The Ringer

08/10/2017

Kong: Skull Island isn't a B-movie - but with its intentionally bad writing and jarring lack of cohesion, it lamely pretends to be one.

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Angie Han

Mashable

06/05/2017

The humans, meanwhile, are largely left to stare in awe.

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Josh Larsen

LarsenOnFilm

03/15/2024

2.5/4

...gives good Kong.

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Manuel São Bento

MSB Reviews (Ghost.io)

07/24/2023

C+

More action sequences (visible and in daylight), more monsters, and a visually stunning Kong. However, most of the runtime stills belong to the humans who, unfortunately, are nowhere near to being as compelling as in the previous film.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

08/22/2022

4.5/5

It’s a well made, fast-paced monster movie with far more craft behind its presentation and storytelling than you would expect.

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Casimer T

@Sadboiturtles Jul 13

Kong is amazing in this film love it

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Messiah H

@RT09689215 Jul 4

This movie actually tells Kong's lore and real story amazing visuals and has a great plot it is amazing to rewatch except not my favorite movie(its GXK) but deserves a 10/10

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Bhoomi B

@GraceReviews26 Jun 13

Kong: Skull Island was a lot of fun to watch. The action scenes were exciting, the visuals looked great, and Kong was the highlight of the movie. The story kept me interested all the way through. A really enjoyable monster adventure.

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Houston5 T.

@RT79989286 Jun 1

Loved the visuals, and I couldn't stop watching the scene where they blasted Black Sabbath when they're flying the helicopters. John C Reilly was funny, too!

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Nishant M

@Nishant08 May 26

This is really fun monster movie with amazing visuals, intense action and one of the coolest versions of Kong on screen. The island atmosphere feels thrilling and exciting the whole time. A few characters could have been developed better, and parts of the story are a little predictable, but the movie is still pure entertaining from start to end. Surely worth watching if you enjoy action packed adventure films.

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MC R

@RT91491190 May 23

Definitely the best monsterverse movie by far! It's really steady and fun action packed movie. Great Kong fight sequences. I even loved some of the human characters. Tom Hiddlestone, Brie Larson and John C. Reilly were incredible. I love Samuel L. Jackson but his character was cartoonish bad and really flat! That was to bad! But in general this was a really cool movie!

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Synopsis

Scientists, soldiers and adventurers unite to explore a mythical, uncharted island in the Pacific Ocean. Cut off from everything they know, they venture into the domain of the mighty Kong, igniting the ultimate battle between man and nature. As their mission of discovery soon becomes one of survival, they must fight to escape from a primal world where humanity does not belong.

Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Producer: Jon Jashni, Alex Garcia, Thomas Tull, Mary Parent
Screenwriter: Dan Gilroy, Max Borenstein, Derek Connolly
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Legendary Pictures, Tencent Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Sci-Fi Violence/Action|Brief Strong Language)
Genre: Adventure, Action, Sci-Fi, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 10, 2017, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 5, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $168.0M
Runtime: 1h 58m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, SDDS, Datasat
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)