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Monday, 13 August 2012

The Son of Kong (1933)


The Son of Kong (1933)

This is the definition of a cash-grab sequel: they churned it out less than 10 months after King Kong. Obviously it's not as good as its famous predecessor, but I thought it was a surprisingly fun movie - not nearly as bad as I'd been led to believe. I think I actually liked the character of Carl Denham more this time around. Much more light-hearted than the original (I'd almost call it part comedy), though they threw in a "tragic" ending out of nowhere which I felt was done just because of the original movie's famous ending. Weirdly, the eponymous son of Kong doesn't show up until there is only 26 minutes of the movie's run time left.

**½/****

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