I'm not sure what I thought I would enjoy about this obviously cheap, amateurish Italian-b movie. I think maybe I have a bit of fondness for jungle adventure. Give me a few scenes of trekking through the brush, and I can place myself in the action. What made this movie slightly more fun than so many other low budget disasters is the mixture of so many disparate and nearly random elements.
The movie starts off by establishing the main character, Burt, as a former mercenary who was betrayed during a payroll robbery. He is still looking for the man who left him for dead when the action picks up elsewhere in Africa. He agrees to go along with a wealthy family on a hunting trip that eventually turns into a kidnapping. A young, pretty girl is needed for mind control experiments, which happens to be run by Albert, the man who shot Burt in the opening scene. Albert already has been able to control gorillas with his device, and uses as security to guard his jungle laboratory. Burt gains an advantage, however, when he befriends Eva, a native jungle woman. Together they must rescue the lovely Diana and put an end to Albert's jungle terror.
It's all looks pretty silly nowadays, but I thought it was a bit of fun that didn't drag too much. I had to fast forward through some of the obvious sequences, but there was also some action that kept my attention. I think there must be a void nowadays in the adventure genre, because I was a little to eager to like King of Kong Island. Perhaps the time is right for filmmakers to give us new stories with imaginative plots and exotic locations with daring heroes and heroines.
The movie starts off by establishing the main character, Burt, as a former mercenary who was betrayed during a payroll robbery. He is still looking for the man who left him for dead when the action picks up elsewhere in Africa. He agrees to go along with a wealthy family on a hunting trip that eventually turns into a kidnapping. A young, pretty girl is needed for mind control experiments, which happens to be run by Albert, the man who shot Burt in the opening scene. Albert already has been able to control gorillas with his device, and uses as security to guard his jungle laboratory. Burt gains an advantage, however, when he befriends Eva, a native jungle woman. Together they must rescue the lovely Diana and put an end to Albert's jungle terror.
It's all looks pretty silly nowadays, but I thought it was a bit of fun that didn't drag too much. I had to fast forward through some of the obvious sequences, but there was also some action that kept my attention. I think there must be a void nowadays in the adventure genre, because I was a little to eager to like King of Kong Island. Perhaps the time is right for filmmakers to give us new stories with imaginative plots and exotic locations with daring heroes and heroines.