King Kong Lives (1986)
"America's biggest hero is back... and he is not happy."
ThumbScore
👍 65%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 8%
(RT: 8%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Brian Kerwin as Hank Mitchell
Peter Elliott as King Kong
George Antoni as Lady Kong
Frank Maraden as Dr. Benson Hughes
Robin Cahall as Mazlansky
Is King Kong Lives good?
It's divisive. 65% audience score, estimated from 278 TMDB ratings. Critics scored it lower at 8%, but audiences disagreed.
Overview
After falling from the Twin Towers, Kong lies in a coma for ten years. When his heart begins to fail, scientists engineer an artificial heart, and a giant female ape is captured to serve as a source for a blood transfusion. When Kong awakens following his heart transplant, he senses the nearby presence of the female ape and the two escape to wreak havoc together. Wikipedia ↗
