King Kong is a modern-day classic

It's always difficult - even impossible - to re-make one of the screen's great classics, but Jackson, director of The Ring cycle, succeeds magnificently with this stunning re-telling of the great ape with the heart of gold.

Fri, 16 Dec, 2005 - 16:18

King Kong

Director: Peter Jackson

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