Apr 4th   
Kong: Skull Island* (12A)                    
(Odeon Colchester)          

(US/Australia 2017)

Scientists persuade the US Army towards the end of the Vietnam War (for some reason) to visit a secret island full of monsters.
Kong himself only appears for a few welcome moments, in some at times revolting action scenes and a barrel-load of American war and monster movie cliches, with the film makers delighting in their dream combination of Jurassic Park and Apocalypse Now. Fine in concept, but what it sadly lacks is a decent story to hold it all together, with no discernible point beyond vague pretensions to Man versus Beast.

d: Jordan Vogt-Roberts
s: Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, Brie Larson, John C. Reilly, Corey Hawkins, Jing Tian, Toby Kebbell (who also modeled for Kong together with Terry Notary)

Time to return to the stuff that childhood nightmares are made of.

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