As you might expect from the title, this is not a movie about King Kong, and
it doesn't even have anything to do with an island!  It takes place in
Africa, where a mad scientist has decided he wants to rule the world by
inserting what look like AAA batteries into the heads of gorillas, or in
this case, rubber gorilla suits with bad actors inside.  There's some ripped
dude who got stiffed by his partners and now he's looking for a little love,
and maybe some revenge.  He hits on his old friend's wife and his daughter.
Some horrible disco dancing ensues.  Then the girl and her brother go into
the bush on a hunting trip (she's looking for big game - the sacred
monkey!).  Just after she slips into her nighty at camp, they are attacked
by mind-controlled apes and the girl is kidnapped.  Her brother is spared
and he returns to recruit our beefcake hero for the rescue mission.  Other
random people join the hunt, like an Interpol agent and a topless monkey
woman (don't get too excited, her breasts are conveniently covered by her
long hair).  After marvelling at birds and shooting at crocodiles, our
heroes continue the search for the missing girl.  They eventually find the
monkeys, the betraying partners, the girl, the mad scientist, and everyone
else in this movie for a climatic and shocking ending.  That's if you care.

This movie is pretty bad.  The acting is poor, the story and script are
worse.  The lighting is horrible - many scenes happened deep within shadows.
The monkey costumes are very laughable.  Plus, the box hypes up the movie so
you expect more than it delivers.  Here's a direct quote "See: Radio
Controlled Ape Men!  See: Chicks Without their Tops!  See: Guys get Shot in
the Back!"  Well, the topless chick was the apish woman with the long hair.
That was it.  There were radio controlled ape men, and one guy did get shot
in the back, so it wasn't a total waste of time.   There is also a warning
on the box "WARNING: Graphic Gorilla Brain Surgery!"  The only person who
might get sick during that surgery scene is the one who forked over his
money to have this movie made.  I did learn one thing from this movie,
though.  If you shoot the blinking red light in the middle of a giant model
of a cross-sectioned brain, all the radio-controlled monkeys will turn on
their master.  You never know when that little bit of information may come
in handy.
 
 

Quality: 2.5  Visuals: 1.0  Intensity: 2.5  Laughability: 2.0 
OVERALL RATING: 2.0