With the amount of hype being generated by the production of Dino DeLaurentiis’s 1976 King Kong remake it wasn’t at all surprising that such films as A*P*E weren’t the only ones trying to cash in on the publicity, so a year later we got Shaw Brothers -the makers of the awesome Infra-Man – and their…
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A*P*E (1976) – Review
APE practically defines the term “quickie rip-off” as the South Korean film industry, teaming up with an American production company, rushed their Kong rip-off to the screen just ahead of Dino DeLaurentiis’s multi-million dollar King Kong remake.
King Kong (2005) – Review
Hollywood loves remakes. That adage has never been truer than it is today. Audiences are being constantly bombarded by remakes of older popular films – only if their current hot franchises have run out of sequel steam – and with the cost of making movies today, it is no surprise that Hollywood likes to play…
King Kong Lives (1986) – Review
The year is 1986, and it’s been ten years since we were treated to the big-budget remake of King Kong, and the eagerly awaited sequel has finally made it to the big screen…okay, maybe not so eagerly awaited; the memories we have of the 1976 remake aren’t all that great, but they’d get it right…