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The Big Picture It's hard to ignore the earthshaking, skyscraper-toppling battles of Kaiju in the MonsterVerse, but with a growing archive of these massive monsters, one film might fall through the cracks— but it definitely shouldn't. Kong: Skull Island is Kong's mighty entrance into the MonsterVerse, and it stands out as one of the most memorable and underrated films in the cinematic universe.
Release Date March 10, 2017 Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts Cast Tom Hiddleston , Brie Larson , Samuel L. Jackson , Corey Antonio Hawkins , John Goodman , Jason Mitchell Runtime 118 minutes 'Kong: Skull Island' is a Period Piece Set After the Vietnam War Kong: Skull Island has all the impressive visual effects, ground-rumbling sound design, and jaw-dropping design of its titular character that makes it one of the most stunning depictions of Kong ever put on screen.
The Setting Raises the Stakes and Complexity of the Human Characters Close Outgunned and out-of-their-depth in the supernatural Skull Island, the human characters of the film demonstrate more complexity than you might expect from a monster movie. The U.S. soldiers are humanized thanks to the situation set up by the film's setting. They are all soldiers who were one day away from returning home before they were pulled into this mission, and the emotional weight of that is palpable.
'Kong: Skull Island' has Compelling Human Protagonists and Antagonists Even among an already compelling group of characters, Samuel L. Jackson and John C. Reilly are the true stars of the film . In a tour de force of acting from both of these performers, they each embody characters that are stark contrasts and foils to one another in a deeply compelling fashion. Jackson plays Col.
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