Kong: Skull Island (2017)
Kong: Skull Island is a 2017 action movie directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts, with a running time of 1h 58m. It stars Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson and John Goodman.
In 1973, as America pulls out of Vietnam, a government scientist pushes one last expedition to an uncharted Pacific island hidden inside a permanent storm. The team of soldiers and researchers arrives dropping seismic charges, and the island answers with its guardian: Kong, a hundred-foot ape who is far from the deadliest thing under the canopy. Jordan Vogt-Roberts stages the monster mayhem in lurid color and helicopter-gunship spectacle, with Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, John Goodman, and a war-maddened Samuel L. Jackson stranded among creatures that treat humans as prey. A big, pulpy creature feature built for scale.
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What is Kong: Skull Island about?
In 1973, as America pulls out of Vietnam, a government scientist pushes one last expedition to an uncharted Pacific island hidden inside a permanent storm. The team of soldiers and researchers arrives dropping seismic charges, and the island answers with its guardian: Kong, a hundred-foot ape who is far from the deadliest thing under the canopy. Jordan Vogt-Roberts stages the monster mayhem in lurid color and helicopter-gunship spectacle, with Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, John Goodman, and a war-maddened Samuel L. Jackson stranded among creatures that treat humans as prey. A big, pulpy creature feature built for scale.
When was Kong: Skull Island released?
Kong: Skull Island was released on 8 March 2017.
How long is Kong: Skull Island?
Kong: Skull Island runs 1h 58m.
Who made Kong: Skull Island?
Kong: Skull Island was directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts.
Where can I watch Kong: Skull Island?
Kong: Skull Island is available on YouTube TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, Google Play Movies and Plex.
Where to watch Kong: Skull Island
Stream: YouTube TV
Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, Google Play Movies, Plex, Spectrum On Demand, YouTube
Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, Google Play Movies, YouTube
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Cast
- Tom Hiddleston as Captain James Conrad
- Samuel L. Jackson as Lieutenant Colonel Preston Packard
- John Goodman as Bill Randa
- Brie Larson as Mason Weaver
- Jing Tian as San Lin
- Toby Kebbell as Maj. Jack Chapman / Kong Mo-Cap Services
- John Ortiz as Victor Nieves
- Corey Hawkins as Houston Brooks
- Jason Mitchell as Glenn Mills
- Shea Whigham as Earl Cole
- Thomas Mann as Reg Slivko
- Terry Notary as Kong Mo-Cap Services
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt sends you tracking huge beasts through untamed wilds, the closest thing to hunting Skull Island's monsters. The Last of Us pits fragile humans against overwhelming creatures in ruined nature. Stranger Things matches the period setting and the thrill of ordinary people facing something enormous crawling out of the dark.
Giant monsters that dwarf the humans caught between them
Kong: Skull Island turns its hundred-foot ape into just one predator among many, and these picks share that scale. Each strands ordinary people between colossal creatures with their own agendas, from rival kaiju to towering apes, and lets the spectacle come from sheer size rather than a single hero saving the day.
Soldiers and explorers dropped into wilderness that fights back
The 1973 expedition in Kong: Skull Island lands on an island that treats humans as prey, and these stories carry the same dread. Armed teams and lone survivors push into hostile terrain, whether an alien jungle, a Cretaceous forest or the crushing deep, learning fast that they are far from the top of the food chain.
Big, pulpy blockbusters with a rescue squad and a loud soundtrack
Jordan Vogt-Roberts stages Kong: Skull Island as lurid, helicopter-gunship spectacle, and these share that grinning, oversized energy. Expect motley crews, giant machines and a needle-drop swagger, movies happy to put character actors in danger and let the mayhem stay the main event without pretending to be anything heavier.