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It’s an intense, violent collision filled with chaos and carnage that leaves the team’s survivors grounded and separated. The team’s surprise introduction and initial clash with Kong may be the film’s best sequence. The film wastes no time introducing the characters to their Kong – more of a towering monster than a big gorilla. Let’s go ahead and state the obvious – the mission doesn’t go very well.

They are joined by Brie Larson’s tough and feisty anti-war photojournalist Mason Weaver. Randa also hires a British SAS tracker named Conrad who knows the mission stinks but needs the money. Their escort is led by Colonel Packard (Samuel L. He requests a escort from the battered and bruised US military who in 1973 was in the process of leaving Vietnam. John Goodman plays Bill Randa, Monarch’s senior official who convinces his government contact to fund an expedition to map out Skull Island. The most interested party is a shadowy government outfit called Monarch. The island is shielded by an ever-present storm wall but by 1973 satellite innovations led to its discovery.

This time we stay put on Skull Island, a beautiful uncharted South Pacific island by air but underneath its lush canopy is the home of the wildest assortment of creatures. There is no damsel in distress, ventures to New York City, or the Empire State Building. This film version steers clear of the traditional King Kong story. King Kong has had several big screen features, not as many as fellow movie monster icon Godzilla, but enough to earn him a pretty legendary status. “Kong” is an absolute delight and a rousing throwback to the creature features that permeated the 1950s. But there were several reasons why it could have failed and I was never quite able to shake my skepticism. “Kong: Skull Island” is a movie I’ve wanted to love since seeing the first trailer. I can name several and most of them probably fell in line with my fears more so than my hopes. I’m sure we’ve all had movies we have really wanted to be good but secretly feared would disappoint.

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