Review of King Kong Escapes (1967) by Philip P — 05 Feb 2011

Doctor Who's an 'international Judas', according to international heart-throb and long-time nemesis Carl, and he's got a point. The mad Doctor's invented a giant robot Kong to do his evil bidding, digging for the mysterious Element X in the Arctic or the Antarctic or somewhere. Meanwhile, the real Kong is awoken from his slumber by a hot blonde on the tropical island of Mondo, and it isn't long before he's swatting toy helicopters and beating up a ninja dinosaur with his big floppy arms. But wait! Having been kidnapped by Who and brainwashed with a giant hypnotic lampshade, Kong finds himself propping up the troubled mining operation before escaping and swimming to Tokyo, where Mecha-Kong's stropping out and looking for trouble. Kong, barely concealing a zipper running the entire length of his spine, is soon up to his old tricks atop the Tokyo Tower, where much swinging and monkey-on-robomonkey action ensues.

In short, this is the best monkey-on-robomonkey action movie ever to come out of Japan in 1968.