Synopsis
After falling from the Twin Towers, Kong lies in a coma for ten years. When his heart begins to fail, scientists engineer an artificial heart, and a giant female ape is captured to serve as a source for a blood transfusion. When Kong awakens following his heart transplant, he senses the nearby presence of the female ape and the two escape to wreak havoc together.
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Cast
- Linda HamiltonAmy Franklin
- Brian KerwinHank Mitchell
- John AshtonLt. Col. R.T. Nevitt
- Peter Michael GoetzDr. Andrew Ingersoll
- Peter ElliottKing Kong
- Frank MaradenDr. Benson Hughes
- George AntoniLady Kong
- Robin CahallMazlansky
- Jimmie Ray WeeksMajor Peete
- Michael ForestVance
Recommendations
- 63
Chicago Tribune
An amiable adventure illuminated at odd moments by some genuine inventiveness. [21 Dec 1986, p.12C] - 50
Los Angeles Times
The film makers haven't been able to improve on the original story. It's still Kong vs. Civilization, with a lot of high-firepower action and wackily implausible plot twists thrown in to keep the Big Guy busy. [22 Dec 1986, p.10] - 40
The New York Times
King Kong Lives, which was directed by John Guillerman, has a dull cast and a plot that's even duller, but the ape himself is in good form. - 40
Variety
Director John Guillermin loses all control of the pic. - 38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Director Guillermin has got a film that's alternately cloying and crude, sometimes needlessly violent (Kong still kills in self- defence, but now he breaks human victims in half). It's even less suitable for kids than for adults. [24 Dec 1986, p.D5] - 25
Chicago Sun-Times
The problem with everyone in King Kong Lives is that they're in a boring movie, and they know they're in a boring movie, and they just can't stir themselves to make an effort. - 25
Miami Herald
Much of King Kong Lives in fact seems designed by and for invertebrates. It is well known that if you leave a monkey in a room with a typewriter for long enough, the monkey will write an intelligible story. With screenwriters, on the other hand, there's no guarantee. [22 Dec 1986, p.C5] - 25
TV Guide Magazine
In all fairness, there is a lot of camp value here. Fans of truly bad cinema couldn't ask for a sillier big-budget production--envisioned with the utmost seriousness.
