Kong: Skull Island Film Review

Finished watching Kong: Skull Island, directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts and staring Will Brittain, John C. Reilly, Miyavi, John Goodman, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hiddleston and Brie Larson. The film opens in the later part of the Second World War as American pilot Hank Marlow (Will Brittain and John C. Reilly) crash lands on Skull Island when he notices Kong while in a fight with a Japanese pilot (Miyavi). Years later at the very end of the Vietnam War Bill Randa (John Goodman), a member of the Monarch organisation is given permission by the American Government to take a platoon of soldiers before they return home, lead by Lieutenant Colonel Preston Packard (Samuel L. Jackson). Along with Randa hiring James Conrad (Tom Hiddleston) to help the team on the island with is skills in hunting and tracking in case they get lost, and photojournalist Mason Weaver (Brie Larson) joining the group after getting news of the mysterious island is being exploded for the first time. Overall this was a great film as it the story of King Kong into the different time period of the 1970's which allows for the film to make some amazing parallels to the Vietnam War thanks to the film's cinematography and the involvement of Skull Island itself. The way that the film cuts between the different groups of characters once every is separated when they first come into contact with Kong, works extremely well as each character not only gets their time to shine but also each character enough development within the film which is a credit to the script and the director due to how much is pack into the two hour film and doesn't feel crowded at anytime essentially with the large cast. The CGI creatures are breathtaking as their designs are great along the way they interact with the human characters feel very seamless. While the fight scenes between Kong and the other creatures along with the fights with the humans are all incredible spectacles within in themselves. 8/10.