King Kong

King Kong

Naomi Watts and the very talented Adrien Brody stars in the new version of King Kong. 2005.

It's 1933 and the Great Depression is causing a lot of trouble for the people in New York. One of them is the poor Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts) who's acting and dancing at a Vaudeville theatre.

One day, she finds the theatre locked up, and closed down. Upset she walk away, trying desperately to find a new job so that she can afford at least a little meal for the day. Trying to steal an apple, she meet the odd movie director Carl Denham (Jack Black).

He's looking for an actress who can star in his new picture. Nobody else wants to work with him, but he doesn't mention that to Ann who after a discussion agrees because that her favourite writer, Jack Driscoll (Adrien Brody) is writing the script.

The film crew leaves just before the police arrives to arrest Denham who's up to bad business. They travel with a boat to shoot some scenes between Ann and the snobby actor Bruce Baxter (Kale Chandler).

Denham has found a mysterious map, and wants to go to a faraway island called Skull Island. But Denham doesn't tell the others in the crew, because he's not going to fail this time, he thinks.

One night, they're lost in a big fog and then crash into some rocks at an island, Skull Island. Ann is later kidnapped by some natives at the island, and is then taken by the big, unknown monster on the island. Jack, who's madly in love with her, leads the crew to rescue her. But it'll be much more dangerous then they could ever imagine!

This film is very long, too long. They should have shortened the three parts of the movie; the first part in New York, the second part on the Island and the third part in New York. It's all too much.

Sometimes, it's terribly entertaining and exiting, but sometimes it's just, well, too much. Ann never seem to end up meeting scary creatures which she's running for her life from. It's good at the start, but then, well, just too much.

Adrien Brody is really great here. He's always a splended actor, just like here. He makes the film better, much better then it would have been without him. Really great.