Kong: Skull Island

Kong: Skull Island

Rating 7 out of 10

I have seen all the King Kong movies before this one.  I told my friends if this Kong movie is good it will be the first.  I'm glad to say this is the first good Kong movie.  Great cast, better story and clearly CGI graphics are much better than before.

Unlike past King Kong movies no one is trying to take the jumbo sized ape to NYC and the Empire State building stays intact.  If you have seen the previews you know the basic story.  It takes place in 1973.  The Vietnam war has just ended and Bill Randa (John Goodman) has cashed in his last favor to get a military escort to an uncharted Pacific island.  The island is surrounded by a perpetual storm system that keeps people away.  Randa has a feeling there is something else there to see and everyone else is unsuspecting.

Once they bust thru the cloudy electrical storms there is a 100 foot monkey waiting on them.  Then all hell breaks loose.  As I said the cast is very good.  Any movie with Samuel L Jackson is worth buying a ticket.  Tom Hilldeston plays the hunky guide out to protect everyone.  Brie Larson is showing up in many movies now and does a good job as the photographer along for the ride.

No big story here.  Lots of action.  Fun to watch.  I was entertained.