Ape-ocalypse Now: Kong: Skull Island Is an Existential War Movie
Kong: Skull Island as “a mash-up between
Apocalypse Now,
Thin Red Line and Bong Joon-ho’s monster movie
The Host.” This unique combination accounts for a lot of what makes Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ 2017 creature feature such an unexpected delight.
Skull Island is the highlight to date of the so-called “MonsterVerse,” the reimagining of classic gigantic monsters produced by Legendary Entertainment and Warner Bros. The studios have struggled somewhat with the other films in the series. While there are aspects to recommend either film, both
Godzilla (2014) and
Skull Island, but also to Hideaki Anno’s