Review of Kong: Skull Island (2017) by Scott E — 30 Jul 2017

Not as bad as I thought with a satisfying dose of monster and a total absence of cheesy romantic subplots (until the very end), which were the weakest link of the otherwise excellent "King Kong" by Peter Jackson.

Paying homage to (or borrowing heavily from) "Apocalypse Now", the film really reminds the audience of the Vietnam War, not only because of its beautiful Vietnam-based settings, but also because of various subtle and overt references to the brutal War where the arrogant foreign invaders lost to the hand of the simple native community with much better understanding about and stronger attachment to the place they were born, raised, are living, and will return once their hearts stop beating.

It is a pity that the film's script is not really good with poorly-defined characters and shallow treatment of key sequences about the interaction between "the humans" and "the monster".

An entertaining film nonetheless.