King Kong Lives

1986
PG
1h 45m

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4.0/10

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Kong falls from the Twin Towers, and he appears to be alive, but his heart is failing, so it's replaced with an artificial one. All is well until he senses that there's a female Kong somewhe... Read allKong falls from the Twin Towers, and he appears to be alive, but his heart is failing, so it's replaced with an artificial one. All is well until he senses that there's a female Kong somewhere out there and escapes wreaking havoc.Kong falls from the Twin Towers, and he appears to be alive, but his heart is failing, so it's replaced with an artificial one. All is well until he senses that there's a female Kong somewhere out there and escapes wreaking havoc.

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IMDb RATING

4.0/10

7.2K

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 2 nominations total

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Trivia
Peter Michael Goetz's check for post-release royalties came to 3 cents. He has it stapled to the film's poster in his house, having never cashed it.

Goofs
The nerve gas is enough to knock out a 50 foot gorilla, yet, seems to not affect humans. Many of the soldiers take their gas masks off, even while the gas is still visibly present in the air, and are unaffected.

Quotes
Amy Franklin: [feels sorry for Hank, who is miserably huddled and shivering with just a blanket wrapped around him while she is nestled comfortably and warmly inside her snug sleeping bag, and so she turns over with a slightly resigned air, unzips the side of the sleeping bag, casts open the entire length of the upper half, and smiles up at Hank invitingly]
Hank Mitchell: [in a tone of slightly surprised hesitation] Uhhh... are you *sure* about this?
Amy Franklin: [in a casual friendly tone, referring to Kong's having prepared a comfy spot on the nearby grassy plateau for Lady Kong and him to sleep] Yeah, why not... we're primates, too.

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Edited from King Kong (1976)

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Featured review

4/10

Crappy Reviews No Surprise, But...

The decidedly crappy reviews heaped on this film were pretty well deserved, though it must be said that there have been much worse insults to filmgoers' intelligence than "King Kong Lives." Linda Hamilton stars as Amy Franklin, head of a scientific team that develops an artificial heart to miraculously keep Kong with us after his famous fall from the New York City skyline. With the help of blood transfused from a newly-discovered Lady Kong, the big guy is soon up and around and eating people again. But this time his true interest lay in his new girlfriend, whom he not-so-subtly rescues from captivity. The hairy couple hope to live happily ever after, but the brutish army and rifle-bearing yokels have other ideas.

It's difficult to pinpoint the biggest fault of "King Kong Lives." Overall, it's pretty ridiculous, from the story to the special effects to the supposedly emotional moments. It's overlong, the dialog could have been written by junior high kids, and the characters, particularly the "bad guys," are so one-dimensional it's not even funny. But if you can accept all of that, you can get at least some entertainment value out of this sequel, though don't expect a so-bad-it's-funny picture.