Proof a title really doesn't have to accurately reflect a movie, since KONG ISLAND has nothing to do with Kong, nor is it set on an island! It's actually an Italian jungle adventure movie about mercenary Brad Harris tracking down traitorous former associate Marc Lawrence, who is now doing brain control experiments on gorillas deep in the African jungle. There's also a jungle girl running around, concerned about the killer gorillas Lawrence is cranking out in his secret lair cave laboratory. His ultimate plan is to perform similar surgeries on world leaders and rule the world from behind the scenes. None of that is anywhere as exciting as it sounds. Like many Italian imports, this one drags a bit and should be much, much tighter. The resulting film is actually rather dull, though it has it's moments. The climax finds the bad guys involved in more double crosses than I've ever seen in a movie! Amusingly, Brad Harris has a scar resulting from his being shot in the back -and although the bullet was supposed to go straight through, the exit wound on his chest is several inches higher than the entry wound on his back! Originally seen as EVE, THE WILD WOMAN, the film was trimmed of some very mild topless jungle girl nudity and re-issued as a kiddie matinee adventure (or possibly sent to television) with the fairly exciting title of KONG ISLAND (I believe in the wake of the '76 KING KONG release, a decade after KONG ISLAND was actually made). To further frustrate monster fans who rented the movie, it's video title was adjusted to KING OF KONG ISLAND! Even more outrageous, at least one video release created spectacular and misleading box art promising a sort of space opera Kong knock-off! See this cruel image below...
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