Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
After falling from the Twin Towers, Kong lies in a coma for ten years. When his heart begins to fail, scientists engineer an artificial heart, and a giant female ape is captured to serve as a source for a blood transfusion. When Kong awakens following his heart transplant, he senses the nearby presence of the female ape and the two escape to wreak havoc together.
- pregnancy
- sequel
- animal abuse
- giant animal
- military
- body torn apart
- heart transplant
- artificial heart
- giant ape
- eaten by animal
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- John Ashton — Lt. Col. R.T. Nevitt
- Peter Michael Goetz — Dr. Andrew Ingersoll
- Frank Maraden — Dr. Benson Hughes
- Robin Cahall — Mazlansky
- Jimmie Ray Weeks — Major Peete
- Michael Forest — Vance
- Marc Clement — Crew Chief
- Jim Grimshaw — Sergeant
- Bernard Addison — Captain #1
- Michael McClendon — Captain #2
- Leon Rippy — Hunter
- Directed
- John Guillermin
- Written
- Steven Pressfield, Ronald Shusett
Production
- Rating
- 5.2 / 10 · 271 ratings
- Studio
- DEG
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1976King Kong
Where it starts.
King Kong Lives
1986 · You’re here
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
