King Kong Lives

Name: King Kong Lives
Genre: Action, Adventure
Released: December 19, 1986
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 32
Cast: Alan Sader, Brian Kerwin, Frank Maraden, George Yiasoumi, John Ashton

1986

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De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) | Release Date: December 19, 1986 | PG-13

Starring: Alan Sader, Brian Kerwin, Frank Maraden, George Yiasoumi, John Ashton, Linda Hamilton, Lou Criscuolo, Marc Clement, Peter Elliott, Peter Michael Goetz

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.

Director: John Guillermin

Genre(s): Action, Adventure

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 105 min

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Dave Kehr

An amiable adventure illuminated at odd moments by some genuine inventiveness. [21 Dec 1986, p.12C]

Patrick Goldstein

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]

Janet Maslin

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. Read full review

Salem Alaton

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]

Roger Ebert

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. Read full review

Bill Cosford

Much of King Kong Lives in fact seems designed by and for invertebrates. It is well known that if you leave a monkey in a room with a typewriter for long enough, the monkey will write an intelligible story. With screenwriters, on the other hand, there's no guarantee. [22 Dec 1986, p.C5]

Nathan Rabin

King Kong Lives is a terrible film, alternately boring and fascinatingly misguided. But it’s ragingly inessential more than anything else. Read full review

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Rcavey92212

May 14, 2020

When I first saw this as a kid at 6 y/o I remember liking it. Almost 35 years later I've gone out of my way to get a copy because its been discontinued. So I spent a decent amount. Boy what a mistake because this movie is the pits. Picking up after the events of the not so great 70s version.When I first saw this as a kid at 6 y/o I remember liking it. Almost 35 years later I've gone out of my way to get a copy because its been discontinued. So I spent a decent amount. Boy what a mistake because this movie is the pits. Picking up after the events of the not so great 70s version. Kong is given an artificial heart transplant and they've captured a female. When he finally awakes he goes on a little rampage because he senses her. They get together and act all cute while a scientist and an explorer. One of them played by a usually great Linda Hamilton (Terminator) whose just not very good here. And then you know the rest military goes after them, big showdown yada, yada, yada. The effects are okay but look goofy. The movie is dragging and a boring which is surprising considering the amount of action
It's really just quite bad.

Budget: $18m
Box Office: $4.7m

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