![If you’re into monsters and love King Kong and don’t care all that much about human interaction, you won’t have to worry about the human stars flapping their gums all that much in ‘Kong: Skull Island.’ Samuel Jackson, seen here, doesn’t want to become a monster’s next meal. Now playing. Photo Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures](/images/resized/images/news/2016/101_mar10/17_100_100.jpg)
Rating: «« out of 4 stars
Running Time: 120 min.
I have a confession to make. As a kid, I grew up watching old giant monster movies on TV weekend afternoons, featuring the likes of Godzilla and other fantastical creatures. As a result I still have a fondness for them. Looking back, most of those films weren’t particularly strong (and some are downright awful), but they were fun. Kong: Skull Island feels a bit like one of those old movies, only heightened with top-tier special effects. It’s certainly enjoyable to an extent. Yet after so many iterations, these movies still forget an essential element that can really elevate a story - the human characters.
This re-imagining is set...