A documentary film crew and a group of explorers travel to Skull Island in search of a mythic monster, King Kong. When they find the beast, he's monkeying around in an untouched-by-humans oasis where he lives in almost constant battle with the last prehistoric creatures on Earth. His temper is fierce, but his rage is eventually allayed by the site of the beautiful Ann Darrow. As in the original, the 25-foot gorilla is brought to America and put on display for public viewing, but only until (spoiler—not!) he breaks free of his shackles and runs amok with eye-candy Darrow in tow.

Released: 2005