After falling from the Twin Towers, Kong lies in a coma for ten years. When his heart begins to fail, scientists engineer an artificial heart, and a giant female ape is captured to serve as a source for a blood transfusion. When Kong awakens following his heart transplant, he senses the nearby presence of the female ape and the two escape to wreak havoc together.
Practical Effects
Full-size animatronic Kong suits with surprisingly expressive faces.
Production
Tennessee locations standing in for Indonesia—boldly unconvincing.
Costume
Lady Kong's design: somehow more dignified than the plot deserves.
Director
John Guillermin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the final film directed by John Guillermin, who also helmed the 1976 King Kong remake—apparently he had unfinished monkey business.
Released the same year as Aliens, this gave Linda Hamilton two wildly different 'protecting my surrogate child from monsters' roles in 1986.
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