Review of King Kong Escapes (1967) by Jason J — 20 May 2008
Fairly typical Japanese monster romp features the second appearance of the Toho Kong, a man in the worst gorilla suit outside low-budget big foot movies. How come Toho can create such great monster costumes and not be able to get a decent looking monkey with a mouth that will move? All it does is that annoying lip thing.
Anyway, basically a rehash of RKO's Kong including the T-Rex fight and the climb to the top of the empire state building (replaced here by Tokyo Tower). Bad dialogue can be blamed on dubbing only to a point and this film passed it.
Why did they call the villain Dr. Who when the British TV series of the same name had already been running for four years?
This review of King Kong Escapes (1967) was written by Jason J on 20 May 2008.
King Kong Escapes has generally received mixed reviews.
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