The director brings the same meticulous craft that defined his Lord of the Rings trilogy to create a Skull Island teeming with terrifying creatures and breathtaking danger—from a harrowing battle with multiple V-Rex dinosaurs to nightmarish giant insects. Andy Serkis delivers groundbreaking motion-capture performance as Kong, creating a character of surprising emotional depth and humanity. Watts makes Ann more than a screaming damsel, while Howard Shore's sweeping romantic score captures both the adventure's scale and the tragedy at its core.

In 1933, struggling Vaudeville performer Ann thinks she’s finally made a breakthrough when she accepts an offer to film abroad with the eccentric filmmaker Carl Denham. However, Denham has made secret plans to visit the mysterious Skull Island, where an ancient entity - and many other untold horrors - reside…

Content Warnings:  Contains frightening scenes, moderate violence, peril