It is the sequel to the 1976 remake of King Kong directed by John Guillermin, who also directed King Kong Lives.It was produced by the De Laurentiis Entertainment Group and released theatrically in the United States on December 19th, 1986.Despite its rather sizeable budget, King Kong Lives fared poorly. What really kills the film from being a true cult item is the fact that we've got a 75-minute story expanded to 105-minutes, which is way too long. King Kong Lives is an American science fiction film of the giant monster/animal subgenre.

Elliott and Hamilton really don't have too much to do because the screenplay doesn't offer them much but both are fine in their roles. The special effects are certainly several notches below the previous film but they aren't too bad. The ending is just as wild as anything that follows it and I must admit that I found it pretty cute and touching. The scenes with the two Kong's falling in love are pretty funny as is a scene later in the movie where redneck hunters trap Kong and try to torture him. There's no doubt this is a very stupid movie but thankfully it's dumb enough to be mildly entertaining. I'm going to take a wild guess and say this movie was meant for romance because we've got Hamilton and Elliott falling for each other and we've got the two Kong's falling in love. The story is all over the place, characters are coming in left and right and the entire Army set up just doesn't make too much sense at all. Produced by De Laurentiis Entertainment Group and featuring special. The biggest problem with the film is the film itself because it's never quite clear what the movie is trying to do. King Kong Lives is a 1986 American monster adventure film directed by John Guillermin. This was a favorite of mine when I was a kid but it really hasn't aged too well. This movie has the reputation of being one of the worst ever made and people must have believed it because they stayed away from the film when it was originally released and it turned into one of the biggest box office disasters in history. Before the doctor (Linda Hamilton) does this, Kong is going to need blood so thankfully there's a redneck hunter (Peter Elliott) who has captured a female Kong. His heart is quickly going back so he needs a mechanical heart installed. This King Kong sequel directed by John Guillermin and produced by Dino de Laurentis begins where the previous work left off. Four redneck hunters chase him into the woods, for example, and set off some dynamite to trap him under tons of rocks, and then they tease him with burning logs. King Kong is a gorilla that stands 50 feet high, and everybody takes him for granted. King Kong Lives (1986) * 1/2 (out of 4) Sequel to the 1976 remake has Kong in a coma after falling from the World Trade Center. Nobody gets thrilled in the movies anymore.

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