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King Kong Lives

PG-13
Movie
1986
1h 45m
English
Fantasy, Action, Adventure
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.
Rating
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3.9
IMDB
King Kong Lives (1986) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
37

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Linda Hamilton
Amy Franklin
Brian Kerwin
Hank Mitchell
John Ashton
Lt. Col. R.T. Nevitt
Peter Michael Goetz
Dr. Andrew Ingersoll
Peter Elliott
King Kong
Frank Maraden
Dr. Benson Hughes
George Antoni
Lady Kong
Robin Cahall
Mazlansky
Jimmie Ray Weeks
Major Peete
Marc Clement
Crew Chief
Jim Grimshaw
Sergeant
Mike Starr
Cell Guard #2
Jessica Lange
Dwan (archive footage)
Jeff Bridges
Jack Prescott (archive footage)
Directed By: John Guillermin
Written By: Ronald Shusett (Screenplay), Steven Pressfield (Story), + 1 more

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faithful soul says...
7 years ago
Notoriously bad movie, though not a lot worse than it's 1976 predecessor. Not as awful as I expected, though it's reliably cheesy and the special effects are variable. The biggest crime is the lack of imagination, and stretching the King Kong story to a stupid level.
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wambie says...
4 years ago
Nowhere near as bad as the ratings. "the other monkey has gone ape s***"
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siggi963 says...
2 months ago
Sorry, but no. King Kong deserves better. This a movie to forget. There are far better ones out there about the big ape.
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Edomaden says...
6 months ago
Critics mentioned several times that the film was pretty boring. I would have to agree, this is the definition of "meh". 5/10
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AlfieSGD
3/10  10 months ago
Kong should have stayed dead. At least as far as this pointless sequel is concerned. The movie takes ages to get going. Who watches "King Kong" movies to see unintentionally funny ape operations? When Kong finally wakes up, he is still the "horny son of a bitch" (quote from the movie) as in the firs More
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