After the events in the original King Kong, movie filmmaker Carl Denham is hiding at a run-down apartment in New York trying to avoid well, everybody. But the boat captain from the previous KK also appears offering him a chance to go back traveling to various countries and job offers and trying to avoid that place where they originally found that big ape....Unlike the Universal series of monster movies, this RKO sequel to their very successful gorilla flick has that title character's fate stay the same so in this one we meet someone considered that famous character's offspring. A kinder, gentler gorilla, so to speak though this one still can fight with as much power as his old man when confronted with others his own size like a bear! Anyway, along the way Denham encounters a young female singer at a run-down circus who he takes a liking to. I'll just say while this wasn't as exciting as the original King Kong, it still had some thrills-courtesy of once again clay/stop-motion animation artist Willis O'Brien and his assistants-as well as some nice humorous moments like a band number performed by some monkeys at that circus I mentioned. So on that note, I say give The Son of Kong a chance.
Review of Son of Kong
Son of Kong
(1933)
The Son of Kong was a pretty good sequel to the original King Kong
16 September 2020