Kong: Skull Island

Here we have just a contrived remake retrofitted with the Vietnam era in a Jurassic Park is sort of way; the former providing some lift to the action sequences headed up by a war crazed Sam Jackson. Even with the weak facelift, Kong: Skull Island struggles to balance humor with the violent gravity of their predicament. More importantly, it's plagued by a sea of character cliches, if not fully lacking characters including the major character himself. Have very low expectations if there is any enjoyment to be had.