Everyone probably has a fascination for the unknown and mystical. The feeling of entering unexplored land and discovering unique creatures – who doesn’t dream of that? And who doesn’t send a little shiver down their spine at the thought of actually being the first to come face to face with prehistoric, living fossils?
Kong: Skull Island bundles all of these eerie, beautiful feelings into a film experience that you can experience starting today on Amazon Prime. The filmmakers behind this King Kong story understand one thing: giant creatures are especially fun when we watch them too to be gripped by (reverence) fear. And to do this you have to know exactly where and how to play monsters and people against each other.
In Kong: Skull Island on Amazon Prime, the research mission becomes a fight for survival in a world of prehistoric creatures
It lies hidden behind wafts of fog that never completely disappear: an island whose shape roughly resembles a skull. And whose flora and fauna may have remained untouched since prehistoric times. A team of soldiers, the tracker Conrad (Tom Hiddleston) and the photographer Mason Weaver (Brie Larson) are supposed to find out which creatures actually live here.
It soon turns out that the first raiding parties are not going into the lion’s den with their helicopters the territory of a mighty giant ape have issued. He promptly takes all the helicopters out of the sky. All of a sudden it’s a matter of survival for those who survived the crash.
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Kong: Skull Island
Because in the land that they have entered here there are not only peaceful creatures living, but also menacing creatures due to their sheer size. Also lizard-like, bloodthirsty creatures from ancient times have survived here. That’s exactly what the human invaders brought on the scene. And if something isn’t done quickly, not only the future of all expedition members but the entire island will be at stake.
Kong: Skull Island presents its stars better than any monster film in a long time
By “stars” here we don’t mean the film’s high-profile human cast –– although everyone from Hiddleston to John C. Reilly to Samuel L. Jackson performs wonderfully. No, the real stars of the film are of course its prehistoric creatures. Because they can finally really shine thanks to the setting.
First of all, the film teaches us and its characters fear in a particularly primal way. Because we are cut off from civilization and left defenseless against the inhabitants of the wilderness on their terrain, our superiority as a species is suddenly called into question. Even our humanity can then slip away from us.
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This is exactly what director Jordan Vogt-Roberts wanted to take up as a topic. This dangerous type of fear is further underlined by the time setting around the Vietnam War, which pitted soldiers against each other in the wilds of the jungle. The film deliberately ties in with this the questions about humanity and fear in the cinematic masterpiece Apocalypse Now.
But the thrill also consists of the curiosity awakened in us and the wonder of the unknown. As truck-sized, moss-covered buffalo roam the marshland and the majestic Kong surveys his jungle from high above, Skull Island becomes a living ecosystem. There is a natural balance here that needs to be protected. And a world that just begs to be explored.
Anyone who really wants to enter and experience this world can now do so on Amazon Prime. Kong: Skull Island is now part of the streaming subscription there.
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