Kong: Skull Island

Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts Jordan Vogt-Roberts

Overview

A secret government organization mounts an expedition to Skull Island, an uncharted territory in the Pacific. Led by an explorer (John Goodman) and a lieutenant colonel (Samuel L. Jackson), the group recruit a disillusioned soldier (Tom Hiddleston) and a photojournalist (Brie Larson) to investigate the island's peculiar seismic activity. But once there, they discover that Skull Island is home to a gigantic ape called King Kong, and find themselves caught up in an ongoing war between the beast and the area's indigenous predators. Jordan Vogt-Roberts directed this reboot of the classic monster franchise. ~ Daniel Gelb

Product Details

Release Date:	07/18/2017
UPC:	0883929568505
Original Release:	2017
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Warner Home Video
Time:	1:58:00
Sales rank:	4,549

Special Features

Creating a King: A 2-part exploration of the rebirth and re-creation of an iconic monster Monarch Files 2.0 (Companion Archive): Dive Deep into the organization ad MonsterVerse mythology Tom Hiddleston: The Intrepid Traveler: Join the actor on a tour of the film's breathtaking locations Deleted Scenes Director's Commentary

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Tom Hiddleston	James Conrad
Samuel L. Jackson	Preston Packard
Brie Larson	Mason Weaver
Jing Tian	San
John Goodman	Bill Randa
John Ortiz	Victor Nieves
Terry Notary	Kong
John C. Reilly	Hank Marlow
Toby Kebbell	Jack Chapman,Kong Mo-Cap Service
Corey Hawkins	Houston Brooks
Jason Mitchell	Mills
Shea Whigham	Cole
Thomas Mann	Slivko
Eugene Cordero	Reles
Marc Evan Jackson	Landsat Steve
Will Brittain	Young Marlowe/Marlow's Son
Miyavi	Gunpei Ikari
Richard Jenkins	Senator Willis
Allyn Rachel	Secretary O'Brien
Robert Taylor	Athena Captain
James Michael Connor	Voice of General Ward
Thomas Middleditch	Voice of Jerry
Brady Novak	Base Guard
Peter Karinen	Chinook Pilot
Brian Sacca	Chinook Co-Pilot
Joshua Funk	Seismic Soldier
Daniel Malone	Boat Captain
Glenn Kiwi Hall	Boat Captain
Garreth Hadfield	Crew Chief
Shannon Brimelow	Kamikaze Pilot
Jon Quested	Dead Pilot
Korey Williams	Sunglasses Pilot
Dat Phan	Bar Thug
Cynthy Wu	Thug's Girlfriend
Beth Kennedy	Marlow's Wife
Bryan Chojnowski	Chicago Taxi Driver

Technical Credits

Max Borenstein

Derek Connolly

Dan Gilroy

Jordan Vogt-Roberts	Director
Peter Afterman	Musical Direction/Supervision
Florent Andorra	Special Effects Supervisor
Bill Booth	Art Director
John Lord Booth	Art Director
Max Borenstein	Screenwriter
Debbi Bossi	Associate Producer
Bruce Bright	Special Effects Supervisor
Edward Cheng	Executive Producer
David Chow	Set Decoration/Design
Steve Christensen	Art Director
Derek Connolly	Screenwriter
Louise Coulston	Makeup
Truong Trung Dao	Art Director
Stefan Dechant	Production Designer
Sarah Halley Finn	Casting
Larry Fong	Cinematographer
Alex Garcia	Producer
John Gatins	Original Story
Dan Gilroy	Screenwriter
Jacques Haitkin	Cinematographer
Mark Hitchler	Set Decoration/Design
Pete Horner	Sound/Sound Designer
Industrial Light & Magic	Animator
Henry Jackman	Score Composer
Jon Jashni	Producer
Tetsuo "Tex" Kadonaga	Set Decoration/Design
Melody Levy	Makeup
Kevin Loo	Set Decoration/Design
Maurice K. McGuire	Camera Operator
Eric McLeod	Executive Producer
Al Nelson	Sound/Sound Designer
Toan Joshua Nguyen	Asst. Director
Douglas Noe	Makeup
Sam Page	Set Decoration/Design
Onofrio Nino Pansini	Camera Operator
Mary Parent	Producer
Richard Pearson	Editor
Tom C. Peitzman	Co-producer
Chidchanok Plodripu	Production Manager
Nick Satriano	Asst. Director
Scott Schneider	Set Decoration/Design
Thomas Tull	Producer
Stella Vaccaro	Set Decoration/Design
Mary Vogt	Costumes/Costume Designer
Trinh Vu	Set Decoration/Design
Paula Whiteway	Set Decoration/Design
Christopher Wiecking	Sound Mixer
Margaret Yen	Musical Direction/Supervision

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Kong: Skull Island
1. Scene 1 [8:54]
2. Scene 2 [10:56]
3. Scene 3 [10:08]
4. Scene 4 [9:58]
5. Scene 5 [10:11]
6. Scene 6 [6:58]
7. Scene 7 [3:38]
8. Scene 8 [9:39]
9. Scene 9 [7:35]
10. Scene 10 [12:06]
11. Scene 11 [8:55]
12. Scene 12 [7:56]
13. Scene 13 [11:16]
1. Chapter 1 [8:54]
2. Chapter 2 [10:56]
3. Chapter 3 [10:08]
4. Chapter 4 [9:58]
5. Chapter 5 [10:11]
6. Chapter 6 [6:58]
7. Chapter 7 [3:38]
8. Chapter 8 [9:39]
9. Chapter 9 [7:35]
10. Chapter 10 [12:06]
11. Chapter 11 [8:55]
12. Chapter 12 [7:56]
13. Chapter 13 [11:16]

Menu

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Editorial Reviews

Kong: Skull Island is the cinematic equivalent of a high-velocity roller-coaster ride. While you're strapped in, it'll jack up your pulse rate and make you laugh, scream, squirm, and gasp, then leave you exhausted and exhilarated when it finally screeches to a sudden stop. And then five minutes after leaving the theater, it'll likely dissolve from your memory quicker than a tasty lick of cotton candy. But, boy, while you're buckled up it's an adventure that delivers everything you'd want in an action-packed popcorn flick. Kong begins in 1944 as two World War II pilots, one American and one Japanese, ditch their planes and parachute onto Skull Island, an uncharted South Pacific Eden "where God did not finish creation." The two are still trying to kill each other when Kong, all 100 feet of him, suddenly roars into their path and they realize they have a much bigger problem to face than each other. Fast-forward to 1973: A U.S. government-sponsored expedition, with a full military escort, sets off to explore the storm-shrouded island before the Russians do. But their helicopter squadron is met by Kong upon arrival, who swats down the choppers like so many pesky flies. The lucky few who survive include Bill Randa (John Goodman), an old-school secret operative who is out to prove that monsters exist; Capt. James Conrad (Tom Hiddleston), a cautious SAS black-ops veteran who is an expert tracker; Mason Weaver (Brie Larson), a wartime photojournalist who suspects the Washington brass who approved the expedition are hiding something; and Lt. Col. Preston Packard (Samuel L. Jackson), the military head honcho of the mission who doesn't take kindly to having a gigantic ape wipe out his Sky Devils squadron. However, they soon discover that the mighty Kong is actually the least of their worries, as the jungle-filled island is teeming with even more menacing creatures, including mammoth spiders, lizards, and octopi. There are also the prehistoric predators dubbed "skullcrawlers" by Hank Marlow (scene-stealer John C. Reilly), the crashed American pilot who has been stranded there for nearly three decades, living peacefully among the mostly passive natives in a walled-off section of the island. Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts (The Kings of Summer) and his team of screenwriters (Dan Gilroy, Max Borenstein, and Derek Connolly) go all in on the action, and it rarely lets up. Unfortunately, that means the character development is nonexistent; the film's cast are mainly there to be eaten, swatted, stomped on, set ablaze, or impaled. As for those who don't meet a horrific demise, you won't know much more about them by the end than you did at the beginning of the journey. Hiddleston, Larson, Jackson, and Goodman aren't given much to do other than look frightened and run for their lives, but they go through their paces gamely and energetically, knowing that Kong and the island's other death traps are the movie's real stars (all of whom look and sound frighteningly authentic). If you're wondering if it's worth paying for the upgrade to see Kong in IMAX 3-D, the answer is: Yes, yes, yes! Why sit in the back of the roller coaster when you can sit in the front row and get the full impact of the fun-filled terror that awaits you? And be sure to stay through the end credits for a peek at what other horror-inducing monsters Kong may face in a likely sequel, which can't get here fast enough.

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