King Kong (2005) Reviews & Ratings
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King Kong reviews
King Kong holds a 6.9/10 average from 8,737 TMDB ratings.
They just couldn't leave him on his island could they... King Kong is directed by Peter Jackson and Jackson co-writes the screenplay with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. It's based on a story by Merian C. Cooper and Edgar Wallace. It stars Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Colin Hanks, Andy Serkis, Evan Parke, Jamie Bell and Kyle Chandler. Music is by James Newton Howard and cinematography b…
— John Chard (7/10)
05 is the worst of the Kong movies, mainly because it tries to do way too much. It tries to be epic, and because it tries to be epic it drags. DRAGS. Watching through it, there is about an hour and a half that I would cut, mostly because it's not necessary for a movie like this. There was character development... but too much of it. There was plot, but too much of it. If the movie was trimmed down with an eye to mak…
— GenerationofSwine (1/10)
The best of the remakes produced so far, second only to the original of '33.\ Kong and the other Island's creatures are detailed in their alternate evolution and the work behind each is enormous.\ The colonial atmosphere and mentality of the era are also well represented and are very reminiscent of Cooper's original.\ Jack Black has given the best of himself in the film, skis and interested only in profit is an inte…
— BarbaGianni (9/10)
In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.
Movies like King Kong
If you enjoyed King Kong, these movies have a similar feel:
- Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
- Godzilla (2014)
- Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)
- Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
- Kong: Skull Island (2017)
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)
- Okja (2017)
- White Hunter, Black Heart (1990)
- Planet of the Apes (1968)
- The Edge (1997)
- The Time Machine (2002)
- Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
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