King Kong Escapes Movie Review
Every once in a while, you see a movie that truly is best explained through a series of pictures--King Kong Escapes qualifies. If you are paying attention during the opening credits (as I was), you will notice something that may catch you a bit off guard (as it did me)--this is a Rankin/Bass production. If this sounds vaguely familiar but you can't quite place it, it's the same production company that brought us...
this...
this...
this...
and even this.
But back to our story...the evil Doctor Who...
Not THAT one--this one
...and his assistant Madame X...
Or Madame Piranha, if you please
...create a robotic version of King Kong...
Him
...to dig through the North Pole in search of Element X. When he fails miserably, they go in search of the real King Kong...
Him
...to get the job done. Naturally, Kong is busy fighting off other monsters...
Such as Gorosaurus...
...and this snake...
..., but if there's one thing we know about Kong it's that he always has time for the ladies. So once our dastardly duo figure out Kong's latest crush...
Her
...they decide to use her to lure Kong into their treacherous hands.
Via his hands on her
Throughout the film you see scale model action such as...
...this...
...and this...
...all leading to the inevitable...
...this.
Throw in fantastic English dubbing, rear projection shots that will have you laughing out loud, and Ishiro Honda (Godzilla Godfather) directing it all and you have almost two hours of must-see monster movie madness.
On A Scale Of One To Ten: 7
King Kong Escapes Movie Trailer
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