King Kong

Rating:
Summary: Avoid at all costs!
Review: A classic example of a remake that never should have been made. If offers no new insights or twists on the orignal story, and fails to come close to quality of the source material. The B-grade cast puts in a lackluster performance with a poor script that does little to capture the excitment and pathos of the original. The high point of the whole production is the amazing ape suit created by special effects guru Rick Baker but even here he never looks like a giant ape, just a convining man in a monkey suit.

Bottom line, either watch the original 1933 version of King Kong, or wait for the new Peter Jackson remake due out next year.