King Kong (2012 film)

King Kong is a 2012 action-adventure giant monster horror film directed by Robert Rodriguez, the film is a remake of the 1933 film of the same name, the film adds new characters but keeps the original characters, and relocates the setting to the early 1960s, it also adapts elements from other King Kong media, the film was released on June 21st, 2012, and received positive reviews, and was a box-office success.

Due to the MPAA not liking the long runtime, and test audiences disliking some scenes, the film was delayed from it's original November 2011 release, and is considered to be one of the most expensive films ever made, ever more expensive then the 2005 version, costing $300 million.

The film adapts the same story as the original, being set in 1933 like the original film, where Carl Denham (played by Seth MacFarlane), and Jack Driscoll (played by Tom Hiddleston) along with Ann Darrow (played by Emma Stone) go to Skull Island, to find the legendary Kong, along with new characters, John Hunter (played by Patrick Warburton), Angie (played by Angelina Jolie), and Buck (played by Peter Dinklage).

Plot
in 1962, Jack Driscoll is a former WWII pilot, who is in the middle of flight school, but his friend is shot down by big game hunter, John Hunter, Jack then meets his other friend, Carl Denham, who is going to an island to get an idea for a film, they go inside of a cave with a message that Denham found telling them to go to the island he was talking about to challenge the legendary Kong, they meet a movie star named Ann Darrow (who has a career similar to Marilyn Monroe in this version), but are chased by John Hunter and his sidekick, Buck, they then meet a friend of Ann's and John's old tour guide, Angie, and together they set off to do the challenge the message told about.

They arrive at Skull Island and some sailors are attacked and killed by a Crocodile, and the crew is attacked by a group of Natives, who dress Ann up In sacrificial clothes to sacrifice her to the Legendary Kong, Denham and his crew began a rescue party to save Ann, but are attacked by Raptors, and Spiders, Kong takes Ann to his lair and begins to be nice to her, a red flying squirrel who often tags along with Kong, appears, but Kong still feels lonely, a Giant Snake attacks Kong and Ann, but Kong kills it, and then battles a T-Rex, which Kong trys as hard to fight, but Ann is almost eaten by the T-Rex, but Kong saves her, Jack, Angie, and Denham are attacked by a Triceratops and Ankylosaurus, Angie then finds a Clue, and they find Ann, Kong is then captured and taken to New York, John and Buck then start their plan to take out Denham so they can steal his film reels.

Carl then shows Kong off to the people on Stage, John and Buck arrive and attack Ann, which makes Kong escape and takes Ann with him, he then goes on a action-packed rampage across the city, Denham then calls the Military to attack Kong, who then climbs onto the Empire State Building, were many fighter jets attack them, Including Jack, Angie and Denham then try looking for some way to save the day, as John and Buck get into a fighter jet and attack Kong, all the jets then take shots at Kong, but he then grabs the fighter jet and throws it, killing John Hunter, but Buck survives and activates a transformer, which causes lightning to strike, and kill Kong, Ann cries as Kong falls off the Empire State Building and meets his demise, and everyone is at the scene, and Jack quotes "He truly was a hero", Ann tells Jack that she loves him, and it cuts to a year later as Jack and Ann have been married, and we see a statue with Kong on it saying "Kong: Hero, Legend, and God". Ending the film.