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King Kong Escapes

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The monster ape fights his robot replica and falls for a woman (Linda Miller) from a commander's (Rhodes Reason) expedition.

Critics Reviews

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Matt Zoller Seitz RogerEbert.com 03/24/2021
"King Kong Escapes" is a stoopid fresh monster movie. As you watch it, any initial instinct you might have ridicule it will give way to appreciation. Go to Full Review
Vincent Canby New York Times 03/24/2021
It's good, simple low comedy, directed by Alan Rafkin, and seeing it is like being transported back to a Saturday afternoon in a small-town movie house 30 years ago. Go to Full Review
Noel Murray The Dissolve 03/24/2021
That said, both of the Tojo Kong movies are entertaining, for their cringe-inducing moments, and for the genuine beauty of Toho's model-work, rendered in Tohoscope. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 03/26/2021
2/4
Plays like a romper room version of a James Bond adventure. Go to Full Review
Alan Jones Radio Times 03/24/2021
2/5
A few laughs and some low-rent toy model excitement are the only saving graces of this return King Kong engagement from director Inoshiro Honda. Go to Full Review
TV Guide Staff TV Guide 03/24/2021
It's all as campy as can be and a great time waster... Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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Ilyas Z @Zellai Dec 7 It's A Very Fun Experience, And Has Epic Fight Scenes And Epic Action Sequences. I Love King Kong, Gorosaurs, And Mecha Kong In The Movie, But The Romance Is Boring And The Human Scenes Are Just Plain Dull. See more Vincent W @Gojirilla5419 Sep 21 It’s so dang BORING. See more Isaac R Jul 2 this was very enjoyable, however the romance was lame See more Justin T Jun 25 This pretty much has all the worst elements of Toho movies with some new ones, maybe it’s because my patience for this kind of movie has run out and what I would find endearing I now find boring and annoying. There aren’t any so-terrible-it’s-laughable moments like using a kaiju spine as a xylophone (yes I know that wasn’t a Toho movie). There is some fun from the silly moments and the cheesy monsters and some pretty basic city smashing so it’s not a total loss. The dubbing is terrible, possibly the worst I’ve ever heard, maybe the Japanese release was better. It’s really boring in places and the story is repetitive. I did like the new monster Mechani-Kong. I consider this movie non-canon in any kaiju franchise, the only real similarity with the original Kong was climbing a tower at the end. It’s a bit like a bad cross between Godzilla and James Bond. The finale had some fun city smashing but it’s mostly barely watchable nonsense. See more Rich A 04/16/2024 Classic battle old school fun! See more Ethan G 04/02/2024 Everything in this film is so obviously fake that it's almost worth watching just for a laugh. 3/5 See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis The monster ape fights his robot replica and falls for a woman (Linda Miller) from a commander's (Rhodes Reason) expedition.
Director
Ishirô Honda
Producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka, Arthur Rankin Jr.
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Production Co
Universal/Universal Int
Rating
G
Genre
Sci-Fi
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 22, 1967, Original
Runtime
1h 36m