Baseshment
I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.
CrawlerChunky
In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.
Janis
One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.
nuoipter termer
This is a wonderful movie. It's a sequel to the 1976 King Kong remake. It's about a female of the Kong species that's discovered and the male. The male is brought back to life with an artificial heart and he wakes up in a hospital or something and breaks free. He discovers the female. He is killed by the military and the female has a baby. It's a scary movie. One of the scary scenes is when the male Kong comes across some guys and one of them sets off an explosive which causes Kong to be buried up to his neck in rocks. One or more of the guys burn Kong with a torch or torches or something. Kong breaks out and I think tears one of them apart and eats another. The movie that this is a sequel to is what I consider to be my favorite movie.
Benedito Dias Rodrigues
King Kong 2 Dino De Laurentiis's sequel is a crap but funny and delightful,great budge but didn't get the target,but l honestly prefer movie like that than made on graphic computer,bad but not forgotten!! Linda Hamilton was a peak of his career and beauty than ever,John Ashton is fantastic as villain and died like a dog!!Resume:First watch: 1988 / How many: 5 / Source: TV-VHS-DVD / Rating: 5
wtdk123
When I was reading scripts and pitching story ideas to Alex De Benedetti (Dino's son-in-law although I wasn't aware of it at the time and future producer of "Evil Dead II", "Pumpkinhead"), I was asked by Alex to pitch a story idea for a sequel to "King Kong". My story had a similar type of resurrection to the one that is used in this movie but from there it changed sharply. The only way I could figure to make a sequel to "Kong" was to include a strong element of satire (which was, to some degree, in the 1976 film as well)and I also wanted to do a bit of a homage to the Japanese monster movies (like "Godzilla" and even the original "King Kong"). They went in a different direction-a horrible different direction."King Kong Lives" has a cheesy charm but the actors look like they are trapped in a film and looking for a way out. It seems Kong didn't die when he fell from the Twin Towers (wow, that's a miracle!); he's in a coma, needs a new heart (yep, they have a giant mechanical heart but Kong needs plasma--of course they find a Lady Kong for a blood transfusion and Kong, naturally, has big ape sex with the lady. Aside from setting up the potential for a family franchise (which didn't happen--"Lives" was a big flop), the ending could only have come from Dino (RIP)who dreamed big even if sometimes big wasn't better.I didn't see "King Kong Lives" until years after it was released (I had no desire really--it sounded kind of dumb)but when I finally did I couldn't believe how bad the film was. Luckily, the writer of this film went on to bigger, better and bolder things (Steven Pressfield who penned the script for "Above the Law" and the novel The Legend of Bagger Vance)but it seemed like this was a career ender for the director John Guillerman.For a chuckle you could watch "King Kong Lives" and you'll realize that what really lives in this film is the spirit of 50's cheesy B-movies on an "A" budget.
lastliberal
Now, don't make the mistake in thinking that this is a work of art. This film follows the tradition of the great Godzilla movies made in Tokyo. If you like those, you will like this film.It has it all - rednecks, sex, the Army, and Kong himself. No, he didn't die when he fell from the skyscraper. He has been in a coma for the last 10 years.The NRA may tell us that hunters want to preserve the population of animals for all to enjoy, but the rednecks in this film do a disservice to the organization. There was a sense of satisfaction when Kong snapped one in two like a twig, and ate another whole -- redneck poppers! Linda Hamilton is always a joy, and she did a good job here as a scientist wanting to save Kong.Kong doesn't make it, but he manages to hook up with a female and after a quickie in the bushes, they have a son. Yeah, they really stretched that, didn't they.It is just the think to watch on a Saturday afternoon with a bowl of popcorn.
