Home video: 'Kong: Skull Island' puts on a really big show

July 15, 2017 at 6:34AM
This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows a scene from, "Kong: Skull Island." A musical version of "King Kong" is hoping to make Broadway go bananas. Officials at Global Creatures, the Australian company behind the hit arena show "Walking With Dinosaurs," said Wednesday their version of the classic ape story will land in the fall of 2018 at the Broadway Theatre. (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)
The giant ape returns in “Kong: Skull Island.” (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

In "Kong: Skull Island," out Tuesday, a group of soldiers and a spunky reporter head to a mysterious island, where they find a giant ape. The story includes all of the same beats from past Kong movies. This one's a little different in that it takes place at the end of the Vietnam War. Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts keeps the movie going at a steady clip, but even the big fight scenes are uninspired. There's nothing painfully wrong with "Kong: Skull Island." There's nothing excitingly right, either.

Rick Bentley, Tribune News Service

Also coming Tuesday

• "Buster's Mal Heart"

• "Fight for Space"

• "Free Fire"

• "Resident Evil: Vendetta"

• "Tommy's Honour"

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