I know most people won’t agree with this review but I don’t care this is my opinion. Let me start with saying that this has lots of very basic writing and basic characters but this film wasn’t mean to be taken seriously and to be honest If you take this film seriously then you will not like this film but once I seen the artificial heart I knew to not take this film seriously but this film does has good practical effects for the kongs and there was one scene that feels like they were making fun of Godzilla raids again and I thought that was funny. The story isn’t completely shit but I’m wondering, back in 1986 who was asking for a King Kong (1976) sequel and who said yes to make a sequel to King Kong (1976). My final thought is that this is a fun film that nothing amazing but it isn’t supposed to be.

I know most people won’t agree with this review but I don’t care this is my opinion. Let me start with saying that this has lots of very basic writing and basic characters but this film wasn’t mean to be taken seriously and to be honest If you take this film seriously then you will not like this film but once I seen the artificial heart I knew to not take this film seriously but this film does has good practical effects for the kongs and there was one scene that feels like they were making fun of Godzilla raids again and I thought that was funny. The story isn’t completely shit but I’m wondering, back in 1986 who was asking for a King Kong (1976) sequel and who said yes to make a sequel to King Kong (1976). My final thought is that this is a fun film that nothing amazing but it isn’t supposed to be.

Baby kong is the only reason why i gave this 3 stars otherwise it would have been 2

Baby kong is the only reason why i gave this 3 stars otherwise it would have been 2

+Linda Hamilton+Insane Kong surgery set+Super fun rarely seen small town Americana miniature work+Suit actors getting top billing in the credits+King Kong locking in and getting a W over the military for the first time to protect his weird little Kong family

Ya'll some weaklings and cowards this movie was good. Peak "grandparents had this and three other movies on vhs growing up" film right here.

It has some terrible composite shots and the face animatronics are a step down. But the movies only real crime is being released in 1986 a cynical time followed by an even more cynical time. 

I am a King Kong Lives truther.

+Linda Hamilton+Insane Kong surgery set+Super fun rarely seen small town Americana miniature work+Suit actors getting top billing in the credits+King Kong locking in and getting a W over the military for the first time to protect his weird little Kong family

Ya'll some weaklings and cowards this movie was good. Peak "grandparents had this and three other movies on vhs growing up" film right here.

It has some terrible composite shots and the face animatronics are a step down. But the movies only real crime is being released in 1986 a cynical time followed by an even more cynical time. 

I am a King Kong Lives truther.

Never seen this!!! I actually liked this more than the ‘75 one. It was so sweet with Lady Kong.  Had a lot of heart too!

Never seen this!!! I actually liked this more than the ‘75 one. It was so sweet with Lady Kong.  Had a lot of heart too!

Maybe it’s because I just watched like 10 Japanese monster movies where the production value is so bad, it makes these apes look real by comparison, but I didn’t hate this. It not GOOD at all, but it is one of the only Kong movies to stray from the formula and have a little fun with the character.

It actually has a very similar vibe to a lot of Kaiju films, particularly War of the Gargantuas which features two monster being chased by the military across the countryside. It also does away with most of the problematic element featured in the previous 77 film, though with a tremendous step down in the male lead. That’s okay though, cause we get a huge upgrade in the female lead with Linda Hamilton. 

The movie is goofy, weird, and at times overly graphic. Kong holds a guy up to the camera and snaps him in half. Still, it’s not the horrendous mess that it’s reputation led me to expect. Do you have any idea who hard it is to even find this movie? The only reason I didn’t watch it back when I watched the other Kong’s is because it didn’t appear on the list of movies about Kong. It does NOT exist.

Maybe it’s because I just watched like 10 Japanese monster movies where the production value is so bad, it makes these apes look real by comparison, but I didn’t hate this. It not GOOD at all, but it is one of the only Kong movies to stray from the formula and have a little fun with the character.

It actually has a very similar vibe to a lot of Kaiju films, particularly War of the Gargantuas which features two monster being chased by the military across the countryside. It also does away with most of the problematic element featured in the previous 77 film, though with a tremendous step down in the male lead. That’s okay though, cause we get a huge upgrade in the female lead with Linda Hamilton. 

The movie is goofy, weird, and at times overly graphic. Kong holds a guy up to the camera and snaps him in half. Still, it’s not the horrendous mess that it’s reputation led me to expect. Do you have any idea who hard it is to even find this movie? The only reason I didn’t watch it back when I watched the other Kong’s is because it didn’t appear on the list of movies about Kong. It does NOT exist.