Cinema lovers in Nigeria were said to have been thrilled with American monster film, ‘Kong: Skull Island, a reboot of the King Kong franchise as the movie hit cinemas nationwide on Friday.
With this plot: ‘In 1973, a secret organisation known as Monarch finds an island that is shrouded in mystery and identified as the origin for new species. The resulting expedition to the island reveals that a giant monstrous ape named Kong is at the centre of a battle for dominion over the island, against the apex predators, nicknamed the “Skull Crawlers”, responsible for wiping out its kind. As the expedition crew makes plans to fight for survival against Kong and the other monsters on the island, some of them begin to see that Kong is worth saving’.
The movie was directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts. It was written by Gilroy and Max Borenstein, from a story by John Gatins and Gilroy.
It stars an ensemble cast consisting of Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, Brie Larson, Jing Tian, Toby Kebbell, John Ortiz, Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Shea Whigham, Thomas Mann, Terry Notary and John C. Reilly.
According to Mrs Joy Ilibeno-Odiete, the CEO of Blue Pictures, “Bringing this movie into Nigerian cinema is a carefully thought-out idea. We wanted to put our money where our heart is and that is why we did it. The ‘Kong: Skull Island’ is a movie that can sell itself and I would not even bother to convince people to go see the movie. We are confident that it would blow people’s minds”.