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Rod Arrants,
Joanna de Varona,
Joanna Kerns,
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Paul Leder
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: Image Entertainment
: Action, Foreign, Korea, Killer Critters
: 86 min.
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This laughable Korean rip-off of King Kong was released the same year as Dino De Laurentis's trumpeted remake to sponge up some free hype from that film's massive publicity machine (in some areas it was retitled The New King Kong). Despite the fact that the poorly-handled big-studio film was considered by many to be a pointless exercise, this movie makes De Laurentis' fiasco seem positively inspired by comparison (although the producers of this film might merit some slack -- they didn't have $20 million to blow). The vaguely familiar story involves a captured 36-foot ape who escapes his offshore prison to rampage through the streets of Seoul, where he falls in love with an American actress (Joanna Kerns) who is shooting a movie there. Jam-packed with laughs, both intentional (the big brute gives Korean defense forces the finger) and unintentional (look for the "Tonka" logo on the trucks he hurls through the air), this might have found a home among fans of truly awful cinema thanks to an effective use of 3-D, but TV and video versions are missing this clunker's sole bonus. Released under several alternate titles, the most appropriate being Attack of the Giant Horny Gorilla! ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide
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| Lame without 3D
by chuckbobuck
February 17, 2005 - 5:40 PM PST
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2 out of 2 members found this review helpful
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| I have only seen this film in the 3D version which actually takes the film to a quite enjoyable level. Without 3D a lot of the action would be very hoaky. The acting is bad, scenes repeat and soldiers dodge giant foam boulders, but where else can you see a Kong-like beast swat a helicopter out of the sky and then give it the finger. |
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