← Back to films
King Kong

King Kong

6,9 /10 (8,506 Votes)
2005 EN 188 min

Overview

In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.

Stream

Powered by JustWatch via TMDB

Release date

12/12/2005

Votes

8,506

Popularity

10.7

The eighth wonder of the world.

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

188 min

Budget

$207,000,000

Revenue

$562,363,449

Original Soundtrack

Loading soundtrack videos…

John Chard

John Chard

2019-05-30

⭐ 7

They just couldn't leave him on his island could they... King Kong is directed by Peter Jackson and Jackson co-writes the screenplay with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. It's based on a story by Merian C. Cooper and Edgar Wallace. It stars Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Colin Hanks, Andy Serkis, Evan Parke, Jamie Bell and Kyle Chandler. Music is by James Newton Howard and cinematography by Andrew Lesnie. After completing the hugely successful Lord of the Rings trilogy, Peter Jackson turned his attentions to a reimaging of that daddy of classic creature feature…

Read full review →
GenerationofSwine

GenerationofSwine

2023-01-10

⭐ 1

05 is the worst of the Kong movies, mainly because it tries to do way too much. It tries to be epic, and because it tries to be epic it drags. DRAGS. Watching through it, there is about an hour and a half that I would cut, mostly because it's not necessary for a movie like this. There was character development... but too much of it. There was plot, but too much of it. If the movie was trimmed down with an eye to making it flow, it would have been decent. But instead they let it run too long with with not enough happening in it to be an exciting monster movie. The result was kind of a …

Read full review →