Review of Kong Island

Kong Island (1968)
2/10
Kong Island?
25 September 2005
Warning: Spoilers
Just plain bad. I'm no movie producer, nor will I claim to be proficient with anything beyond a digital camera. But given a minor budget even I could have done better. The wildlife scenes while while we travel with Diana out on the safari look more like discards from some tourist footage -- out of focus and wobbly distant shots. The plot is all too predictable. Add in the very poor dialog between the characters, and we have a bad show.

On the plus side, the women are not un-attractive. One watches in anticipation when Diana undresses in the tent. Or wakes up when Ursula is in the bath tub. Or does a frame by frame to catch you know what when Eva is on the screen.

The final show down was just a let down, full of impractical plot devices. We all knew Burt would somehow overpower Turk, who was fighting in the close confines of a cave with a rifle. Then we have Ursula and her husband arriving to the cave to squabble with Albert (clearly they knew some shortcut shaving days off the trip!). Oh and then Burt is somehow able to disrupt the "controler" by simply busting a light!

BTW, Marc Lawrence, who played Albert, appeared in "The Man with the Golden Gun" as the mafia hit man in the pre-credit sequence. Wasn't until near the end I made the connection.

Still I was happy to see the closing credits, being able now to brag I suffered through one of the worst movies ever made.
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