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- 1986
- PG-13
- De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
- 1 h 45 m
- 1986
- PG-13
- De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
- 1 h 45 m
Summary Kong falls from the twin towers and he appears to be alive. However, his heart is failing, so it's replaced with an artificial one. All is well until he senses that there's a female Kong somewhere out there and escapes wreaking havoc.
Directed By: John Guillermin, Charles McCracken
- 1986
- PG-13
- De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
- 1 h 45 m
- 1986
- PG-13
- De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
- 1 h 45 m
King Kong Lives
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2.3
Summary Kong falls from the twin towers and he appears to be alive. However, his heart is failing, so it's replaced with an artificial one. All is well until he senses that there's a female Kong somewhere out there and escapes wreaking havoc.
Directed By: John Guillermin, Charles McCracken
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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11% Positive
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33% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
56% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
32
11% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
33% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
56% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
An amiable adventure illuminated at odd moments by some genuine inventiveness. [21 Dec 1986, p.12C]
The film makers haven't been able to improve on the original story. It's still Kong vs. Civilization, with a lot of high-firepower action and wackily implausible plot twists thrown in to keep the Big Guy busy. [22 Dec 1986, p.10]
King Kong Lives, which was directed by John Guillerman, has a dull cast and a plot that's even duller, but the ape himself is in good form.
Director Guillermin has got a film that's alternately cloying and crude, sometimes needlessly violent (Kong still kills in self- defence, but now he breaks human victims in half). It's even less suitable for kids than for adults. [24 Dec 1986, p.D5]
In all fairness, there is a lot of camp value here. Fans of truly bad cinema couldn't ask for a sillier big-budget production--envisioned with the utmost seriousness.
The problem with everyone in King Kong Lives is that they're in a boring movie, and they know they're in a boring movie, and they just can't stir themselves to make an effort.
King Kong Lives is a terrible film, alternately boring and fascinatingly misguided. But it’s ragingly inessential more than anything else.
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