Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Admirable film.

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Quickie Follow-Up to one of the Best Movies Ever Made. After a rather Downbeat and Sombre Beginning, the Movie Loads on the Charm once back on Skull Island and it's all Played for Chuckles and Showcases Little Kong (named "KIKO" but it is never used on screen) as He Befriends His new Playmates and Showcases His Dad's Fighting ability as He Protects and Romps with the Crew.As a Stand Alone Feature the Movie is quite Affable and even Highly Entertaining (on the Island) and can be Forgiven for not even Attempting to Match the Grandiosity of its Heritage. Everything is done in "Miniature". The Story, the SFX, the Score, and the Willis O' Brien Stop Motion Effects are all Less Attentive.Overall, a Strangely Insincere Imitation, as the Creative Team all but Surrendered to the Demands of the Studio and Produced a very Cheap and Quickly Made Sequel that Despite all of the Half-Heartedness still Manages to be Worth a Watch despite Forever being in the Gigantic Footsteps of one of the Greatest Films of All Time. The Whole Team made such a Wonderful Movie the First Time They can be Forgiven, because making "King Kong" (1933) must have left Them, like Stunned Audiences (even to this day) all but Exhausted.Note…Marian C. Cooper and O'Brien made amends and a worthy continuation of Type in 1949, with the excellent "Mighty Joe Young".

Was it too much to expect lightning to strike twice the same year for giant-ape movies?The greatness of "King Kong" lies partially in the way it brings together three mighty rivers of imagination of its day: Classic Hollywood, the exotica of Robert E. Howard-style storytelling pulp, and cutting-edge special effects. "Son Of Kong" takes some of that and adds light comedy for a sequel that almost works, but for the obvious greed of RKO in putting this one out too fast, just months after "King Kong" exploded in theaters around the world.Not very long after the events of "King Kong," impresario Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong) is suffering from the impact of bringing his giant ape to Manhattan Island. Not only did the beast kill dozens before dying himself, but he wrecked the kind of damage that makes for big headlines, and bigger lawsuits."I wish I left him on his island," Denham muses. "Old Kong, I'm sure paying for what I did to you."But Kong has another ace up his sleeve, which gets played when Denham goes back to Kong's island haunt in search of treasure. There he finds Kong's son, a smaller (but still quite giant) white ape. Can Denham and his comrades do better by him than they did by his old man?Everything that made "King Kong" great is in evidence in "Son Of Kong," albeit in reduced scale, as director Ernest B. Schoedsack and producer Merian C. Cooper had to rush this film to market with a shorter running time and smaller budget. It's almost like the studio was punishing them, and special effects whiz Willis O'Brien, for delivering such a box- office smash last time. Another member of the original "King Kong" creative team, writer Ruth Rose, crafts a script that emphasizes comedy over suspense, and manages a decent job…for the first three-quarters.When we meet Denham again, he's quite enjoyably under great stress, living in reduced circumstances in a boarding house under siege by crafty process servers. Armstrong was very hammy in the original "Kong," but tones down his performance here with welcome results. He's likable, subtle, and quite affecting, especially as he makes the acquaintance of a young woman named Hilda (Helen Mack) who leans on him after the sudden death of her father. Hilda has a background with trained monkeys that comes in handy as the picture develops.If RKO had given "Son Of Kong" another year, you might have had a nice screwball comedy interlaced with monster-movie thrills. The notion Rose develops of a more likable giant ape to help Denham work through his survivor guilt is worthy, but entirely too pushed. Instead of an adventure that blossoms more or less naturally, the last twenty minutes are a mix of goofy action sequences and sudden plot twists designed to give the audience more scenes of monster miniatures in combat like they saw in "King Kong," and it feels undernourished.Even the attempt to make "Son Of Kong" work comedically seems ill- advised, treating us to close-ups of the ape rolling its eyes when it gets knocked in the head and giving Denham a hand trying to get inside a hidden temple. Denham calls the creature "Little Kong," which seems strange given the thing is more than twice his size. But of course Denham is thinking of a creature that dwarfs even a 12-foot-high ape, and so are we.Ultimately, that's the problem of "Son Of Kong;" it stands too close in the shadow of its illustrious predecessor. Even the existence of this film is often forgotten, while the later "Mighty Joe Young" is remembered. That's as it should be; "Mighty Joe" is a much better film, both as a fun romp and a worthy sequel to "King Kong." "Son Of Kong" employs new elements, like a monster to root for, a Denham we can like, and a lighter touch, and shows where "Mighty Joe" could go. But it lacks the craft and imagination to get there itself.

After the huge success of King Kong, RKO produced a quick cash in that was so quickly made it was released the same year as the original! With this speed in mind it's perhaps not too surprising to learn that Son of Kong is nowhere close to the standard of its predecessor. In it, the adventuring entrepreneur Carl Denham flees New York after the King Kong debacle that he was responsible for and ends up back at Skull Island. Needless to say he soon encounters the son of Kong.It's quite strange for a sequel to even acknowledge the financial lawsuits that follow the mayhem caused by the monster in the previous film. But oddly and charmingly, this one not only does but even goes as far as to make it a narrative springboard for the subsequent adventure. Unfortunately the film-makers decided to replace the horror aspects of the first film with comedy. So the tone of the movie is more playful than threatening, which is to its detriment ultimately. It seems pretty obvious that this film must have been squarely aimed primarily at kids. Unlike his dad, the giant ape in this one seems to really like humans which kind of takes away some of the plot dynamics; although in truth once we meet Kong the action doesn't really move far from the one location. This probably ties in with the quickness of the production; once we finally get to Skull Island we find Kong easily and don't move once we do. It's a shame as it dilutes the adventure aspect somewhat. Nevertheless, Kong does get to fight a dinosaur and a giant bear and the stop-motion animation from Willis O'Brien is still more than decent. It ends on a big scale but kind of stupid climax.Son of Kong can best be described as a charming movie. It's got a fair few shortfalls, particularly in its very basic screenplay. But it is very short so plot weaknesses aren't too painful to bear and it never gets boring. It's certainly no classic but its good fun overall.

This is a hastily produced, low budget sequel to the mammoth box office smash, King Kong. It is a legitimate sequel with some of the original cast returning and many of the same production personnel.The film starts almost after King Kong's death with Denham (Robert Armstrong) being pursued by creditors and sued by various people because of the chaos and destruction caused by King Kong in New York. Feeling guilt as to how he treated Kong, he quickly boards a ship to Asia until the promise of hidden treasure lures him back to Skull Island.There he encounters the son of Kong who is stuck in quicksand and Denham helps him out for which Kong is grateful. Also in the island are various pre historic creatures such as dinosaurs and a cave bear who gets involved in a fight with Kong.The film's short running time, almost a hour belies the fact that it has a lot of padding. We have the weasel villain, Helstrom, a drunk loser who cannot be trusted. Hilda, the damsel who hides out in the ship to Skull island. The staunch captain of the ship from King Kong and various mutinous crewmen.Son of Kong is almost a comic character in this film. Junior is lesser in size, frequently simpering in pain, pulls funny faces at the camera and badly animated. It seems the producers realised that King Kong was wrongly misconstrued as the villain in the original when it was forcibly kidnapped out of its natural environment.There are some nice fight grapple scenes featuring Kong, in fact Vince McMahon stole some of the moves for his WWE wrestlers by the look of it. However away from Kong the film is dull because it was quickly made as a cash in.