King Kong Escapes Review

Review of King Kong Escapes (1967) by screenqueeen: 👍 3.5/5

HOOPTOBER 8.0 DAY 19 12 DAYS REMAIN

Honda goes goofy in this retelling of the original classic. His other film with Kong in it has no connection whatsoever, which took some dissociation on my part during the first act. Everything is standard fare for Showa era kaiju romps here: military operations with future tech, big monster, genius supervillain with a kooky convoluted plot to take over the means of production, and fights galore. Even with all that's going for this flick it still manages to be run-of-the-mill for Honda yet an effective testing ground for Mechagodzilla's first appearance in 1974.