2) Kong Versus “The Big One”
The climactic brawl between Kong and the fully-grown Skullcrawler happens shortly after the former kills Packard; the colonel, temporarily triumphant against Kong, looks up in horror as “The Big One” emerges from its subterranean lair. This provides the subdued ape with the opportunity to kill Packard and duke it out with the monster that wiped out his kind. The protracted fight sequence packs more than enough thrills to keep the willing entertained; the unwilling must’ve stumbled into the wrong movie.
The battle embraces its action scene tropes and loses itself in its self-indulgence, falling victim to countless cliches and loving every minute of it. It’s a self-aware film brimming with moments that can only exist alongside the gleeful excess that characterizes this entertaining yet middling movie.
What’s more, Kong ripping the innards from a colossal reptile takes the cake as the most “blockbuster” moment of 2017 so far and sets an appropriate tone for the forthcoming films in the MonsterVerse. That being said, if he rips out Godzilla’s stomach in 2020’s Godzilla Vs. King Kong, we riot.