Kong: Skull Island: Big & beautiful

Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L Jackson, John Goodman, Brie Larson, Jing Tian, Toby Kebbell, John Ortiz, Corey Hawkins

Rated: 7/10

If anything, this film is about bigness. Kong, as the name suggests, is supposed to be big. But how big you realise once you see him towering over the mountains and pulling down choppers from high heavens. We have known King Kong earlier too, and with a lot of emotion.

This time round however, it is King Kong in his terrain, protecting, guarding and being a loner in the jungles of an unknown, unexplored, storm-drenched island. The difference? He is fighting not human predators but much bigger monsters which rise from the underground — a cross between lizards and crocs. And just then, the humans arrive and get inadvertently involved in this massive turf war.

The film is engaging, high on CGs and tastefully mammoth. The action, almost incessant, keeps you on edge and gives you value for money. As for the emotional content, there’s not much and whatever little there is looks contrived. But go for the action and the adventure.

Source: Sunday Pioneer, 12 March, 2017