Review of King Kong Lives (1986) by Ken S — 16 Aug 2014

This film is dull and features a cast that couldn't really elevate the lame material if they wanted to. It turns out that Kong didn't die after being shot and falling from atop the Twin Towers in the first film.

..he is being kept alive in a lab in a coma. He will die son though, if he doesn't get a blood transfusion and a new artificial heart...luckily some guy just happens to catch a female Kong, and happily sells her to the university that is keeping Kong alive.

This brings about a dramatic surgery scene that has all the tension sucked out by the comically oversized surgical tools. Soon the recuperating Kong smells the female and escapes with her in tow, and the boring humans have to stop them from rampaging on America.

1976's "King Kong" remake from Dino De Laurentiis hadn't really thrilled me. This sequel that was made and takes place ten years later...is worse.