Variety
The surprise is that Skull Island isn't just ten times as good as Jurassic World; it's a rousing and smartly crafted primordial-beastie spectacular.
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Kong 3D: Skull Island
Brie Larson, Tom Hiddleston, John Goodman, John C. Reilly and Samuel L. Jackson star in Legendary Entertainment's second installment of their Godzilla-Kong series, set during the Vietnam War.
A team of explorers are brought together to venture deep into an uncharted island in the Pacific, unaware that they're crossing into the domain of the mythic giant ape.
2017Rating: M, Sustained threat, action violence and coarse language118 minsUSA
ActionAdventureFantasy3D
- Director:
- Jordan Vogt-Roberts ('The Kings of Summer', 'Nick Offerman: American Ham')
- Writer:
- Max BorensteinDerek ConnollyJohn GatinsDan Gilroy
- Cast:
- Brie LarsonTom HiddlestonSamuel L. JacksonCorey HawkinsJohn GoodmanToby KebbellJason MitchellJohn C. Reilly
Kong 3D: Skull Island / Reviews
Total Film
Derivative and a little dumb but consistently fun: there's personality and panache to spare in this monster blockbuster. With reservations, Skull Island is a swinging success.
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Directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts with a gleeful, look-at-me-ma garishness that speaks to his background in TV comedy, the movie feels wonderfully close to self-parody.
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The Guardian
This fantastically muddled and exasperatingly dull quasi-update of the King Kong story looks like a zestless mashup of Jurassic Park, Apocalypse Now and a few exotic visual borrowings from Miss Saigon.
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Sydney Morning Herald
This is, in short, a neutered Kong – yet taken as a straightforward adventure movie, it's enjoyable enough.
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Stuff
It's terrible to recommend a film entirely on its computer-generated grounds, but this is what Kong: Skull Island does best.
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Hollywood Reporter
All the requisite elements are served up here in ideal proportion, and the time just flies by, which can rarely be said for films of this nature.
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Empire Magazine
This is an uneven adventure that's saved by the spectacle of its towering title character and the various beasts with whom he shares his island home.
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