Fred Wilson (Charles Grodin), head of an oil drilling expedition to the remote island of Micronesia, discovers a stow-away on his ship, Jack Prescott (Jeff Bridges), a zoologist in search of a prehistoric creature fabled to exist on the island. Off the coast of Micronesia, they rescue Dawn (Jessica Lange), a beautiful woman shipwrecked by the treacherous seas. On the island the expedition witness a mysterious ritual to a strange beast called Kong and the rest as they say is history. An enjoyable remake of the classic though obviously it pales in the face of Peter Jackson's colossal 2005 rehash.