King Kong Lives (DVD, 2004, Widescreen)

I saw this movie a few years ago and thought,"a king kong love story?" It's about how Linda Hamilton revies kong want to give him a artifical heart but can't do it because of his blood type and it' nowhere to be found until they learn about Brian Kerwin's lady kong. so the story takes off and kong gets his new heart and learns all about love and the "birds and the bees". and you can probably guess yes a little kong is borned but not without some "heart" ache. and that is not the only two who fall in love. kong is not the bad guy in this film. the hunters are. not a bad movie but not one that i would go see in theater.

Well I bought this movie from that MOVIEMAGIC pair,Steven and Crystal Holt. I've seen and recorded this movie a few years ago when it was aired on one of the premium cable stations,but the color on that print appears somewhat waterdowned and faded.Supposively this movie is a sequel to the 1976 version of King Kong starring Jeff Bridges and Jessica Lange.I'm disappointed that Rick Baker wasn't recalled to reprised his role of the mighty ape. (Probably due to his commitment to the STAR WARS movies.) I also wished they've retained the JOHN BARRY orchestration,as well. The FUJI videotape,of which I initially recorded this movie, has developed clitches and annoying dropouts.This movie has not been repeated on the premium cable channels for some years.So I decided to purchase the dvd. The movie itself should have been a lot better.

The premise is good because they keep Kong alive after he fell from the empire state building. And develope an artificial heart for him. Well in the meantime a female is found, brought to the states and mistreated. So Kong awakens to smell the female, escapes and goes find her and rescues her. Love insues and sure enough they get together.... if you know what I mean. Military comes after them of course and eventually wind up killing Kong again and for good. Female Kong gives birth as daddy Kong dies but, not without getting to see his son first. The cheesy baby kong costume could have been done better but never the less it is a very moving moment. The special effects are not too bad for a B rated low budget movie. All in all it's definatly worth watching if your a Kong fan.

Decent sequal to original movie. The miracle of modern medicine and the giant heart transplant a little farfetched but believeable. Both Kongs should have been left alone in their peaceful surroundings. Loved it when the general got crushed and when Kong got to see his child, endind very sentimental. Last Kong movie needed to complete my DVD collection. Leave King Kong alone. 2004 version a Masterpiece.

I love this movie about King Kong and Lady King Kong. This time he has female gorilla that he loved. It will bring a tear to your eye when they kidnap Lady King Kong, but he captures her back. The sad part near the end is when he was shot down and Lady King Kong had Baby Kong. King Kong got a chance to see his son before he died and took his last breath. Lovely movie to watch. I bought this because I am so tired of the other King Kong movies and it will touch your heart.