King Kong Lives (1986)

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Originally Posted by Aclea

It's not in the Lifeforce or Death Wish 3 league, but it is a lot of fun:



One of those sequels no-one seems to know about, King Kong Lives originally sounded like a joke when Dino used to pitch it in interviews - King Kong has been in a coma for ten years and desperately needs a giant artificial heart transplant but they can't find enough giant ape plasma for him to survive the operation. Luckily Brian Kerwin stumbles across Lady Kong (a redhead with comedy boobs) in Borneo, so it's chainsaws away as Linda Hamilton and a crew of what look like construction workers put what looks like a minisub in there and in next to no time Kong's up and about and as horny as Hell. Kong's just gotta have it and breaks loose, sweeps Lady Kong off her paws (he carries her off in his arms) and the lovebirds find themselves pursued by the army and rednecks alike ("I want that ape's head on the hood of my pickup!") while Linda and Brian try to save them while realising that "We're primates too."

As insane as it sounds. Did I mention Baby Kong? Kong picking a redneck's cap out of his teeth after they ill-advisedly "have their fun with him" (yes, that's really the phrase that's used!)? The fact that at one time Joel Grey was lined up to play Kong? It's a film so wonderfully inane and misconceived that it's hard not to love if you can enter into the spirit of it, and it does boast a genuinely terrific score by John Scott.

15. Kong's Final Battle (King Kong Lives 1986) Soundtrack - YouTube

Wow, that final battle is about as terrible as it gets. This is the monster that is supposed to give Godzilla a fight in 2020. Laughable.