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If we can put this tremendous machine of ours...

which has made this victory possible...

to work for peace...

We can look forward to the greatest age in the history of mankind.

Speed of progress in the satellite project.

Cannot be taken as an index of our progress...

in ballistic missile work.

DIRECTIVE 27, Corey Hawkins, Castle Bravo, TEST AND DESTROY

I feel we are on the brink of an era of expansion...

of knowledge about ourselves and our surroundings..

That is beyond description or comprehension at this time.

For the first time, we are putting cameras into space...

and looking down on the Earth...

allowing us to discover places and things we've never seen before.

The most intelligent inhabitants of that future world...

won't be men or monkeys.

They'll be machines.

We set sail on this new sea...

because there is new knowledge to be gained.

Whether this new ocean...

will be a sea of peace...

or a new terrifying theater of war.

"To tame the savageness of man...

And make gentle, the life of this world".

Let us dedicate ourselves to that.

- Stop the war. - No more war.

Stop the war..

The city wide protests have brought..

Congressional committee hearings to a standstill..

Promising more gridlock in the days and weeks ahead...

Mark my words..

There'll never be a more screwed up time in Washington.

But we can't let it stop us.

Come on man, get out of the way.

Maybe now is not the best time to ask.

Monarch is on the cast but being shut down

Brooks. We are broke!

When this war ends, we will never get approval for our expedition.

I am not confident in our presentation.

I mean all of our materials are loose leaf.

In one day, one day...

I could have all this organized and bound.

That we today, have concluded an agreement...

to end the war and bring peace with honor in Vietnam.

All American forces will be withdrawn.

We don't have a day.

Hello there.

Bill Randa here to see Senator Willis.

Of course, Mr. Randa.

I left you a message this morning about rescheduling today's appointment.

But he should have something available in the coming week....ssss.

Oh, God.

Al, you're looking well.

So, you didn't get the message, Randa?

- To reschedule? - For the fifth time? I must have missed it.

It'll be quick.

Ok. Don't get comfortable. You've got five minutes.

I'm late for a meeting.

So, what imaginary monster are you hunting this time?

This is a satellite photo...

of an uncharted island in the South Pacific.

It has defied discovery until now.

Many civilizations spoke of it in legends.

Skull Island.

The land where God did not finish creation.

It is notorious for the number

of ships and planes that have gone missing there.

Like the Bermuda Triangle?

Or like that balloon and foil hat that I like to wear in the weekends?

It's more like the triangle than the hat...

but we like to think it's much more than that.

The 1954 Castle Bravo nuclear tests...

weren't tests.

They were trying to kill something.

I believe there is an ecosystem out there, the likes of which we can't imagine.

And the place to find it, is this island.

A place where myth and science meet.

Randa, it's a fairy tale.

Harry Truman didn't think so when he funded Monarch in 1946.

You know, in terms of sheer waste...

Monarch ranks right up there with the search for alien life.

Yeah, but those guys are nuts.

We should've shut you down years ago.

This is an opportunity for our country.

Listen, Senator, Landsat is sending a mission to the Island.

We could piggyback on that operation.

With your permission, of course.

What are you hoping to find?

Resources, medicine, the cure for cancer, geological discoveries. I mean..

possible alternative fuels, Senator...

Listen, to be honest...

we don't know for sure what's there.

Okay. But I'll tell you what we do know.

Tomorrow night, the Russian Novsat passes over this sector and..

in three days, they're gonna have the same images we have.

So, whatever's there...

You want us to find it first.

Right?

I don't believe I'm saying this...

but that almost makes sense.

Thank you.

So I will get the piggyback for you. I will.

But listen to me. Listen to me this is it...

It's gotta end. This is it.

You promise me? Last favor.. Okay?

Senator?

One last thing.

I am going to need a military escort.

VIETNAM, Da Nang Air Base

Attention all soldiers and base personnel

Final Troop withdrawal will commence at 0600.

Pack your bags ladies, we're going home.

- Hey, Mills. - Yeah?

How many letters did you end up writing her?

Ten, fifteen.

How many did she write you?

I don't know, three, four.

Man, you got a shitty mom.

Truth be told, clearin' that up! Thank you.

I'll be sure to tell her when I see her in the next 48 hours.

Yeah, you might have a shitty mom.

Right?

Sir?

Chapman.

Do you need anything, Sir?

All good.

Roger that.

So, what are you gonna do when you get back to the world, Chapman?

Oh, I am already set up with the Eastern Airlines.

Grace and Billy all moved in at Atlanta just...

waiting on me.

Back to you Sir.

All this for what?

Sir?

Get out of here, Chapman. Go have some fun.

Everything okay?

Tip top.

Colonel Packard! There's a phone call for you.

This is Packard.

Packard, General Ward.

You and your boys up for one last op?

I would not be opposed to that, Sir.

Your order to head home are already processed.

Sure you don't want to take some time?

I'm here to execute whatever orders I'm given, Sir.

Yeah, don't get too excited.

But scientists called Landsat discovered a new island on their Satellite.

They need helicopter transport for a survey job.

Roger that. And Sir?

Yes?

Thank you.

Randa, I don't get it. You already got us a military escort.

Why do we need a tracker? And why SAS?

Former SAS. No allegiance to anyone.

And he rescued 12 downed pilots in Danang, in '72.

But your source says that he spends most of his waking hours

in some back alley watering hole.

Is your Yale degrees supposed to lead us though the Jungle, Brooks?

Beside, my father told me never to judge a man by where he drinks...

Only how he hold it.

You on board with me here?

You go.

Well. Okay.

So, how much do we tell him?

Just enough to get him to say yes.

Now there is a man worth talking to.

An uncharted island?

Let me list all the ways you're gonna die.

Rain, heat, mud, disease carrying flies and mosquitoes.

Sure you could bloat up on the Atabrine for the malaria.

But what about the other bacteria?

I mean I haven't even

started on the things that want to eat you alive.

We'll double then.

You have no idea how dangerous this is.

I want five times that.

Plus a bonus if we make it back.

If?

Pay him.

I mean I think, Mr. Conrad should be fairly compensated.

Here is to profit during peace then.

One question.

You came here looking for a tracker.

Who or what am I tracking?

This is all the information that we have.

Okay? There is no map.

Only satellite images.

So we need someone like you...

with your skill, and unique expertise in unchartered jungle terrain...

To lead us on our ground expedition.

We're just scholars and scientists. We need someone with experience.

In case things go sideways.

Men go to war in search of something, Mr. Conrad.

If you'd found it...

you'd be home by now.

- Weaver. - Yeah, it's Jerry.

Hey, Jerry.

Tell me, did I get it?

That Landsat thing? You got it

I did?

Hello?

It's the Athena docked in Bangkok.

Pier 14, 6'o clock tomorrow night.

1800 tomorrow.

Thank you. I really owe you one.

I don't get it. Why do you want a gig documenting a mapping mission,

When you're up for the cover of Time?

Jerry, when three sources tell you the same thing word for word...

You know they're lying.

Ther's something going on here, something that nobody is talking about.

BANGKOK, THAILAND

PIER 14

I can't believe we're doing this. Why, you guys kidding me?

A day away?

One day away!

And no, now we gotta go to another Island...

with another jungle.

Vietnam is not a island, Dumbass.

Well, Key West is...

and that's exactly where I need to be right now, with a drink in my hand.

Key West ain't an island, either. It's a key.

You ain't funny, Cole.

Mason Weaver, photographer.

Mason Weaver is a woman?

Last time I checked.

Can I help you?

Two years in the country. Where have you been?

Embedded with MAC V-SOG.

You in the shit.

I respect that.

Its people like you, lost us support back home.

You're not actually gonna blame the people without guns...

For losing the war, are you?

Camera is way more dangerous than a gun.

And we didn't lose the war...

We abandoned it.

Right.

Hello and welcome.

I'm Landsat field supervisor, Victor Nieves

this is my colleague, Steve Woodward, our data wrangler.

Our expedition takes us to a place...

Every nautical trade route known to man has avoided for centuries.

As our satellite shows...

the island is surrounded by a perpetual storm system.

Allowing it to remain hidden from the outside world.

But with Colonel Packard's helicopter transport,

we will be the first to break through to the other side.

We're also pleased to be joined for the first time

by the resource exploration team...

led by Mr. Randa...

and accompanied by biologist, Miss San,

and geologist, Mr. Brooks.

Our focus will be on the Island surface,

there's, what lies beneath.

Mr. Brooks.

Simple really.

We use explosives to shake the earth, and create vibrations...

Helping us to map the sub-surface of the island.

We'll fly in over the south shore and then strategically drop seismic charges

to better help us understand the density of the earth.

You're dropping bombs?

Scientific instruments.

Do you hear that, boys?

We're scientists, now.

You guys are not scientists.

We'll then land, and make base camp...

for ground excursions led by Mr. Conrad.

Major Jack Chapman.

All right. Once on the island...

the storm interference will block all radio contact with the ship.

That means, we will be by ourselves.

Three days later, the refuel team will meet us here on

the north end of the island.

That might be our only safe departure window...

for an unknown period of time.

So, tip for everybody...

Don't miss it, please.

What are you doing down here?

I could ask you the same thing.

Why does a geological mapping mission needs explosives.

You weren't listening in class.

Seismic charges for the geological survey.

Uh-huh. You believe that?

I didn't say that.

Have you met Colonel Packard yet?

Yeah.

The guy is bound pretty tight.

Well, the man's a decorated war hero. It's the package they come in.

And you?

Isn't shooting a mapping mission a step down for a photojournalist?

The right photo can help shape opinions.

And win you a Pulitzer.

Okay, Captain Conrad.

What about you?

How did British Special forces get dragged into this?

Just Conrad. I'm decommissioned.

They offered me money.

You don't strike me as a mercenary.

You don't strike me as a war photographer.

Anti-war photographer.

What are you writing there, Chap?

Letter to my boy.

DEAR BILLY

"Dear Billy...

"I know I said I'd at be home by your birthday, but I lied straight to your face.

I'm a terrible dad.

I hope this letter makes up for it".

It's too short.

This storm looks a lot nastier in person.

Maybe we should consider postponing the mission.

How far away is this island?

50 miles. Maybe more.

Take us closer.

You wanna launch, you do it from here.

Can you punch through that, Colonel?

- Our opening is now. - Through this hole right here?

Yeah, it's a real low pressure pocket.

I appreciate your passion, Randa...

but as field supervisor of the controlling agency...

I say we abort. That's it, we are gonna abort.

Wise call.

I'm sure the Landsat inspector will be inspired by your courage.

He'll be inspired by my common sense.

This is only a map survey.

To one of the last unchartered areas on the face of the earth.

And you want to call it on account of rain?

Stay on the boat if you want to.

It could be years before we get another shot at this.

I'm told your unit is capable of handling inclement weather, Colonel.

Why don't we leave it to Colonel Packard to break the tie?

There is no way I'm getting on that helicopter.

We did ask on those helicopters. Shouldn't they know why?

Why? And raise an alarm?

Purely a precaution, Brooks.

Right.

Two mikes to launch.

Two mikes to launch.

What's "Steel Man" getting us into, Cole?

Nothing he wouldn't do himself. He is taking the lead.

I mean that means he misses bed, I miss my bed.

Don't you miss your bed?

Do you even have a bed, Cole?

You got a bed, right?

See you at the rendezvous, Chapman.

Yes Sir.

1 Mike 30.. I repeat 1 Mike 30 to launch!

Complete FOB lockdown, and clear the deck.

One mike to launch.

- Battery? - Check.

- Generator start? - Check. Check.

- Engine start? - Checked three times.

This is Fox. Leader of the Fox Group.

It is time once again...

For the Griffin and ants show.

As usual, remember...

Hold on to your butts!

Attention pilots. You are clear to takeoff.

Launch, launch, launch.

Combat formation.

Keep visual.

Fox five, let me know when you're close.

Fox Five is in the slot.

Roger that.

Fox Team, form up on me. Keep it together.

Let's do this!

Maintain course.

Nothing we haven't done before.

"Dear Billy.

"You ever look into a hurricane and decide?

"Maybe I should fly it straight through it."

"'Cause that's what's about to happen."

Dear Billy,

- You might want to hang on. - Copy on Fox..

Fox Leader to Fox Group.

Switch to inertial navigation.

And remember the story of Icarus...

whose father gave him wings, made of flax.

Warned him not to fly too close to the sun.

But the exhilaration was too great.

So he flew higher and higher...

until the sun melted his wings...

and he fell into the sea.

But the United States Army is not an irresponsible father.

So they gave us wings to fight hot hobo.

Pennsylvania steel.

Guaranteed not to melt.

Oh, hey, that's pretty, huh?

Let's take 'em down, low and level.

Fox Leader to Fox Group.

Split up, survey is on.

Fox Seven, put Landsat on deck.

Copy Fox Leader. Fox 3 headed to Zone Six.

Put us down over there.

Everyone else, stay with the team leader.

Get that gear going, back lot, move it, move it!

**SYSTEM READY**

Ready for seismic charges.

Roger that.

Fox Group, let it fly.

Copy all, Fox Three, Heading 0-9-0.

You're seeing what I'm seeing?

The seismic response is incredible.

Hey, Randy, you're not gonna believe this.

The bedrock,

It's practically hollow.

Incoming!

Look out!

On guard, Fox Five!

Fox Eight is down! Four Fox is down!

Respond, Fox Three!

Oh My God!

Does anybody know what that is?

I don't know, man. Goddammit...

Three miles west of LZ

Jesus! I never saw anything like it!

Roger Five..

Is that a monkey?

What the hell is that?

Somebody talk to me, man.

Turn right to 2-5-0. Visual contact.

Fox Leader to Fox Group.

Form a perimeter. Ready gunning position.

Shit!

Fox leader to Fox Group. Fire at will!

- What the hell is that? - I don't know!

- Pull out now. Pull out. - I don't take orders from you!

Get us the hell out of here!

Fox Nine out!

Fox Six, we got numb, no control.

We are going down.

Fox Five, this is Fox leader. Fox Nine is down.

1 click north of river bed.

Insert recovery team.

- Over. - Fox Five is hovering.

We got men going out the door.

I need help here. I need...

Oh shit!

Kill this son of a bitch.

Got it on.. I got eyes on it.

Pull up!

Brace for impact!

Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!

Just run to that side, you idiot!

Watch out!

Oh God!

Prepare to crash!

Brace!

Fox Leader is down!

Fox Five inbound to pick up!

We have him in sight.

Hold tight, Colonel Packard, We're on our way!

Hang on, Briggs. I'm coming.

We're going down.

I repeat, we are going down!

Listen, I want you to tell me something right now.

- Do you love your mama? - I love her!

- How much do you love your mama? - Man I love her so much!

Calling all units! Is anybody airborne?

I repeat, is anybody airborne?

They're all down. Everyone of them.

We are on the south side of the island.

There is a river a couple of clicks from here.

If we sticks to its banks, we'll make it to the ex-fil site on the north shore.

And then what? All our choppers are down.

We'll find a way to signal the ship.

They'll send a search party. We'll have to make it by the exit window.

I should be sitting at a desk.

Are we just not gonna talk about this?

My best guess is we're scattered over 4 to 5 miles radius.

We should head north and join anyone we find.

Are you alright?

I don't know how to answer that question right now.

I don't know what that was either.

All that money that they paid you? I hope you're worth it.

We're really not gonna talk about it?

You know, this is not normal, right? Stuff like that doesn't just happen!

This is Fox Leader to Fox group.

Anybody with ears, come back, respond, over.

Fox, Chapman.

Fox Six, Chapman.

Say again your last.

4 clicks west, highest peak,

November Alpha 3-0-0. Out.

Roger that, Chapman. West highest mountain peak.

Oliver.

Fox Six confirmed, with the Sea Stallion.

Chapman, hold your position.

We will come to you. There is enough munitions..

On that sea stallion to kill this thing.

Survey your perimeter.

Locate possible ambush sites. Over.

Chapman.

Fellas.

Taking a non R day, you're good to go

- I'm good to go Sir, Sir. - Get him out.

Chapman, all stations.

Recon environment.

Cole, what's wrong with you?

How you even got an appetite right now?

Eating is for the living.

We just got taken down by a monkey this size of a building!

Yeah!

That was an unconventional encounter.

Is that really all your brain's tellin' itself right now?

There was no tactical precedents.

We did the best we could in the situation.

Griffin, Cole!

Thank God you guys are okay!

Good to see you, Sir..

How many left?

Seven survivors.

Seven confirmed KIA.

Coletta, Seraffe and Hodges.

Slivko, and the rest are unknown.

Where is Randa?

How you doing?

I'm fine. Thank you.

Good.

Glad to hear it. I was worried about you.

You are going to tell me everything I don't know...

or I'm gonna blow your head off.

Monsters exist.

No shit.

Nobody believed me.

Yesterday, I was a crackpot.

But today.

So, This was never about geology.

You dropped those charges to flush something out.

Who are you?

You heard of the USS Lawton?

Neither did the public.

Out of the thousand young men on that ship I was the only survivor.

They told my family she was sunk in battle...

but I know what I saw.

It had no conscience.

No reasoning, just destroy

I spent the last 30 years...

trying to prove the truth of what I learned that day.

This planet doesn't belong to us.

Ancient species owned this earth long before mankind.

And if we keep our heads buried in the sand...

they will take it back.

My agency is known as Monarch.

We specialize in the hunt for massive unidentified terrestrial organisms.

You knew that thing was out here?

I'm sorry for your men, Colonel. I truly am.

Get us home with proof.

So we can send the cavalry.

I am the cavalry.

It's called the Hollow Earth Theory.

Randa hired me...

because I wrote a paper...

Substantiating what most people think is a crackpot idea.

That there are these massive underground spaces.

- Isolated from the surface world. - Passage ways.

Randa believed this island may be one of those.

An emergence point for whatever lives below.

Ancient species like what we just saw.

I thought he was out of his mind.

This is Slivko, do you read?

Anybody out there?

We are headed north of the EXFIL location.

Everyone here seems way too calm right now.

You copy? Anybody?

We're out of range, Slivko.

Shit.

Save it for when we get closer to the group.

Nobody move.

Easy.

- Slivko. - What?

Put it down.

These men did not die in vain.

I swear to God...

Their deaths will not go unanswered.

Now, Let's get to Chapman and those munitions.

You ever heard of the story of the mouse, the lion and the thorn?

Yeah.

There you go then.

In case we ever see that primate again.

You do know that story is about a mouse becoming friends with a lion...

after taking the thorn out of his paw, right?

No it's not.

The mouse kills the lion with the thorn.

Who told you that, Cole?

My mother.

That actually explains a lot.

Watch out those trees!

- Watch out! - What is it?

Watch your six!

- Up above. - Up In the trees, watch out!

Cole!

No!

- No. - We got you!

I can't get a shot!

Cut the legs! Cut it off, at the legs.

I got you!

Take it out, guys! Move out.

Stay tight.

What the hell is this?

Ho, behind you!

Alright, Stay Calm. Stay calm!

Conrad.

Stay back!

Guys.

Nobody shoot! Nobody shoot.

No. No need for that.

Come on now!

Everybody keep your wigs on now!

What?

I didn't believe it when they said you were coming.

I was up all night...

Just thinking about how me and Gunpei dreamed of this moment.

And now here it is.

Twenty-eight years, 11 months...

and 8 failed attempts to get back to the world

and instead, the world comes to me?

Ain't that a crack?

They never smile.

Did you crash here?

Oh! Sorry miss.

Lt. Hank Marlow of the 45th.

Put the old flight suit on for you.

You are more beautiful..

Than a hot dog and a beer...

At Wrigley Field on opening day.

But you're real.

Right?

I told you. Didn't I tell ya?

I said...

"It's fine".

There we go.

Tell you, there's something out there, man.

Oh, there's a lot out there.

Now, come on. We gotta get home.

You don't wanna be out here at night.

You probably noticed a lot of weird things on this Island.

As long as we stay in here, where the people live, we'll be alright.

That wall...

Is that supposed to keep out that thing?

Nah, he's not the one they're trying to keep out.

What?

These people live up on the top of the trees, while we're down in the roots.

Some of them don't even seem to age.

No crime...

No personal property.

They're past all that.

Thank you. Thank you.

So, good news.

They say you can shack up here.

I didn't hear them say anything.

Oh, they don't speak too much.

When you've been here as I long as I have, you start to understand. You'll see.

Wait a minute. Wait, wait, wait.

We can't stay here. We have to get off the island.

We have lives. I have a life.

Nieves now is not the time. Alright?

What lands here tends to stay here.

As far as I can tell...

this ship washed up about 10 years before I did.

You've been here since '44?

Yeah.

And what happened with the war? Did we win?

Which one?

That makes sense.

This is all hallowed ground to them.

So if you like your hands, don't touch anything.

Look at that.

The way they tell it, for thousands of years...

the people on this island lived in fear.

It's hell of a long time to be scared.

And then one day, the damnedest thing happened.

Some of the things they were afraid of...

Started protecting them against the things that were eating them.

But nothing lasts forever, I guess.

And this is where they honor the last of their saviors.

Yeah.

That's Kong.

He is king around here.

He is God to these people.

Kong is a pretty good king.

Keeps to himself mostly.

This is his home. We're just guests here.

But you don't go into someone's house and start dropping bombs...

unless you're picking a fight.

Wasn't Kong the one who killed your friend?

No.

One of them did.

Kong is God on the island...

but the devils live below us.

And what are they called?

The Iwis won't speak their name.

But I call 'em skull crawlers.

Why?

'cause it sounds neat.

Okay.

Look, I just made that name up. I'm trying to scare you.

I'm fine calling them that.

- Are you cool with that? - Yeah...

- I like the name... - That seem like a great name!

I never said that name out loud before. It sounds stupid now that I say it. Just..

You call them whatever you want.

The big lizard things. Nasty.

They come from the vents.

Deep down. That's why Kong got so mad.

Those bombs woke up a bunch of them.

I tell you what. You're lucky he's out there too,

or you wouldn't have made it this far.

Crafty bastards. Neat as hell.

He can handle 'em as long as it gets to him, when they're still small.

You don't want to wake up the big one.

- How big is it? - It's bigger.

It wiped out his whole family.

Kong is the last of its kind but he's still growing.

And you better hope he does.

Because the Iwis say once Kong goes...

Then the big one comes up.

And it's good night Irene.

Listen, there's a refueling team...

coming to the north end of the island in three days.

You should come with us.

In the north end of the island?

We're gonna get out of here.

- In three days? - Yes.

We can't get to the north end in three days.

Impossible. That's it. No way.

At least not on foot.

That is one ugly ass bird.

Dear Billy...

this place is hell.

If monsters exist,

under beds, and sign the pay checks.

- Come on, man. - It seems like...

but maybe he wants to go kill that ape instead of get us off this island, yeah?

Are we even gonna make it?

- Make what? - The EXFIL!

We gotta be there in three days!

We'll make it, we're gonna make it.

Yeah, Cole but what happened if Chapman is not...?

Hey. The Colonel said he's there. He's there.

We were this close...

to getting it working.

Me and Gunpei were gonna take off to the open sea trying to get home,

when one of them things got him.

There she is.

Well that's lovely.

Damn right.

Does this thing even float?

Me and Gunpei spent six years of our lives building this thing.

It is called the Grey Fox.

And she floats.

I pulled the engine parts from my P-51...

and his old Zero.

On a B-29 on the beach one day, that was something.

You gotta be kidding me.

This thing looks like it's made out of pure tightness.

I know she ain't pretty to look at...

but it's nothing a couple of extra hands can't fix.

And, unless you got a better idea, I suggest we get crackin'.

Alright.

Come on, get up!

Well, could you look at that?

It bleeds.

We did that.

We hook up with Chapman...

There is enough munitions on that downed sea stallion...

to finish the job.

Magnificent.

You know why I carry this instead of an M-16?

I took it off a farmer fighting for the NVA.

He surrendered right after we leveled his village.

He was 50 years old.

Said he'd never even seen a gun 'till we showed up.

Sometimes, the enemy doesn't exist...

'till you're looking for 'em.

What happens when they show up on your door step?

I still have his gun.

Best of luck with that, soldier.

Okay. So they've got 48 hours to make it to the North Shore.

Slivko, do you know what you're doing back there?

Yeah, my pop's a mechanic.

If I can't fix this, he'll disown me.

He ever sees me again.

Hold the phone here, Churchill.

Russia was our ally.

Now you're saying we're at war with them?

It's more of a cold war.

Cold War like...

like they take the summers off?

What about the Cubs? The Cubs win a world series yet?

The Cubs?

Man, not even close.

Were they ever good?

Happens to be my team. Where are you from?

- Detroit. - Okay.

The Tigers there. They win it all this year?

- I don't know. - I doubt it. Yeah.

Hey, what do you think will win a fight? A Tiger or a Cub?

A Tiger will win.

Yeah, because the Cub is a baby bear.

A full grown tiger can eat a baby bear.

You gotta think it through.

We also put a man on the moon.

No kidding.

What did they do? Just leave him up there?

What's he eating?

Tang. Spam.

Come on, we are losing daylight.

Fox leader. This is Chapman, over.

Fox leader. This is Chapman, over.

Dear Billy...

sometimes life just punches you in the balls.

Dammit.

What kind of music is that?

What happened to swing?

Benny Goodman?

You're like a time traveler man.

Telling you, this is the new sound.

WRIGLEY FIELD HOME OF CHICAGO CUBS

I do not know if I'm gonna like whoever is under this beard.

I really hope that thing you call a boat can get us upriver in 36 hours.

Because if we miss that window...

We are literally up a creek.

When I first wrote that paper on the Hollow Earth theory...

The whole committee laughed out loud.

Not Randa.

The one guy in the crowd who actually took me seriously.

It felt good.

Then I thought he was crazy when he said the earth was full of monsters.

I can't tell when I am talking...

- Or when I am not talking. - You are talking.

- Am I? - Yes.

- I'm talking? - Yes.

Your mouth is moving.

What?

I'm gonna stab you by the end of the night.

Really?

Just kidding.

If the boat doesn't work, we just take the train.

Isn't it odd, the most dangerous places, are always the most beautiful?

I'm trying to take a long exposure photograph

but my flashlight broke.

Try this.

Thank you.

- Royal Air Force? - My father's.

He threw it to me from the train as he rolled off to fight the Nazis.

He was like John Wayne to me.

Some kind of mythic hero.

Did he come back?

His plane went down near Hamburg.

They searched for him for months but...

I suppose no man comes home from war.

Not really.

Mills, quit dickin' around. I'm going off perimeter.

Colonel Packard...

this mission to the crash site is folly.

I understand going after your men.

But the rest of it...

This is beyond us.

You don't like the way I'm running things?

You know where the door is.

You set this in motion when you put this place on the map.

And I will not cut and run.

I know an enemy when I see it.

This man's name was Gunpei Ikari.

If you take away the uniforms...

and the war...

Then he became my brother.

And we swore we'd never leave each other behind.

Let's get off this island.

Not yet!

- Bind the lines. - Yeah, yeah, yea, yeah.

Bind it up, Let's go!

Keep going!

Third time's the charm. Here we go. Here we go.

Let's go. Let's go. Let's go!

Come on. C'mon!

Yes.

Yes! Yes!

I guess this is good bye.

Thank you.

If you're ever in Chicago, look me up, I guess.

Hey, no. Let me, let me help.

A man's gotta do what...

Are you okay?

I'm Okay, I'm okay.

Allow me.

You should see me in the library.

I got a wife.

Had a wife.

Have a wife?

I guess I don't know anymore.

Got hitched right before I deployed.

Got a telegram from her the day before I got shot down.

She said we just had our baby boy.

I got a son out there.

Grown man I've never met.

Yeah, she definitely thinks you're dead man.

Hey!

I'm just saying.

You don't know that.

You'd be surprised how long people wait.

Eh, the truth is, I don't expect them to be waiting.

I'll be fine either way.

I just want one last chance to see 'em.

That'd be good enough for me.

We're gonna get you home.

Fox Five, come back.

.. is there anyone out there?

This is Fox Five. We hear you.

Yeah! We're on a boat...

- We're on a boat headed up north on a river. - A boat?

Where'd y'all get a boat?

We met this like crazy Santa Clause, a time traveler.

A guy from World War II. You'll meet him.

What kind of boat y'all got?

It's more like a plane than a boat really.

And it's called a float.

Quantepo.

We need that location Slivko.

Send up a flare so we could find you..

Roger that, Fox Five.

Fire in the hole!

There!

Yes!

Guaranteed, we have a visual. 2 clicks to our north.

Roger that, Fox Five. Fox One, out.

Rendezvous point, in one hour.

Mount up!

Can we fit everybody?

Yes!

We are going home!

Get Down!

What the hell, man?

He is gone.

Everybody grab your gear. We have to keep moving.

We'll go ashore, meet up with Packard.

No! No! Wait a minute!

Is nobody gonna say anything about the...?

He is gone!

And he ain't coming back. There is nothing to say.

Oh my...

That flare was only 2 clicks north.

They should be here soon.

Unless they were eaten by something that's bigger than us.

Oh Boy! Shit.

Slivko!

I never thought I'd see you guys again.

- I thought you were crazy. - I wish I had been.

- What's the count? - What you see...

is what I've got.

We lost one too.

Good to see you fellas!

Who the hell is this?

We picked up a hitchhiker.

Lieutenant Hank Marlow of the 45th pursuit squadron of the 15th.

You've been here since World War II?

Yes Sir. I missed the parade?

I'll be damned.

Snap to. Lieutenant.

We're gonna get him home, Sir.

We follow this river...

We'll make it to the boat, and we'll make it to the north shore in time.

That sounds good.

But we're not leaving yet.

We still got a man out there, Conrad.

Wait a second. You got someone out there?

Chapman.

He is with the downed sea stallion, just west of here.

West? We can't go west!

That's where the skull things live.

We have a old saying here. "East is best, west is worst!".

That's why we say it!

You know, southwest...

We could talk about that.

But we're gonna need a lot more guns if we're gonna go west.

Guys. I think that we should listen to Marlow.

This is crazy.

Hey.

Your job is finding lost men, right?

Okay, Sir.

But if we reach that position, and he is not there...

We don't send out a search party.

We're back here by nightfall, understood?

In 24 hours, we have to be on the other side of this island.

Roger that. Hear you loud and clear.

Alright, you heard the man. Moving out in 10.

This is a good group of boys.

We are all gonna die together out here.

You're a good group of boys to die with. I'll tell you that much.

You shouldn't have come here.

You forget to to tell me, this is a bad idea.

This is a bad idea.

Yeah, you smell that?

That's death.

What the hell is this place?

This is what's left of Kong's parents.

I've taken enough photos of mass graves, to recognize one.

The crash site is just on the other side of this valley.

We'll cross through and make it to the highest point west.

Uh-uh.

This place is a real no no, Sir.

We need to be going to the north side right now.

And you're welcome to do that, my man.

By yourself.

I'm not leaving Jack out there. Now, who's with me?

We can make it.

Mighty right, we can make it.

Now stay sharp keep an eye out.

I've only been here 28 years. What do I know?

Cole...

We ain't got time for that man. Put the cigarette out.

Watch those fumes!

Idiots.

Let's go. We gotta move!

Run!

In Here!

Quiet.

I told you this damned place was a no no.

Dammit.

Alright let's move.

Rally on me.

Somebody cover the civilians, quick. Let's Move!

Oh shit.

Randa!

Set up the 50!

Bring the torch! Do your thing!

Slivko!

Gas!

TOXIC GAS

Marlow! The sword!

Slivko, Hang on!

This thing is moving!

Now look, Colonel.

You may outrank me...

but I've been here a hell of a lot longer.

And I'm telling you...

that thing, that just shredded us was only the first of them.

Now we are on their turf...

And we need to turn back! Tout suite!

Not as long as Chapman's still out there.

I'm sorry, Colonel Packard.

Chapman is dead.

Doesn't change a thing!

We're still going to that crash site.

What's at that crash site that you want so badly?

Weapons! What's at that crash site that you want so badly?

Weapons!

Enough to kill it.

Kong didn't kill Chapman.

But It did kill these men!

My men!

You can't kill Kong, Colonel.

Kong is God on this island.

It is the only thing keeping those lizard things in the ground.

He's right, Colonel. We can't kill Kong.

And that other creature?

That's the threat. And there are more of them down here.

If you take away a species' natural competition

they will proliferate out of control.

Then we'll end them too!

After we bring this thing down.

- I can't let you do that. - Whoa! Wait! Hold your fire.

This is one war, we're not gonna lose.

Nuts!

You hear me? This is nuts!

Please! You need to listen to us!

We are not at war, Colonel. You are making a mistake.

Your lies got my men killed!

- And you're gonna get us all killed. - Not our fight.

Whose side are you on, Captain?

Okay, Colonel.

You will find your sea stallion 3 click off that ridge.

Now, I'm gonna take these civilians back to the boat.

And we wait for you there.

Alright?

Saddle up!

Let's go kill this thing!

Steve...

You running with the big dogs or staying' on the porch?

I don't wanna be on the porch.

Marlow, You okay?

We need to stop him.

You want to talk with him about it again? He seemed to really go for it the first time.

He is losing his grip.

Now follow me...

We'll get off this rock alive.

Dear Billy...

I'm just trying to get home to you and your Mom.

You be strong now.

Lots of love.

Make sure those get back to his family.

Dear Billy...

Your dad was one of the best to ever do it.

There is water close by.

Are you lost? Which way?

Hang on.

Wait here.

I've gotta get to high ground to find the river.

Hey! I'm coming too.

I'll be right here.

Keep your eyes open.

Up in the trees, too.

Why?

Ants.

Big ones.

There's one.

Sounds like a bird, but it's a fucking ant.

Gather up everything you can, including those seismic charges.

They got his attention the first time!

This is a bad idea.

Let's just get on with it.

Mills, Cole...

Prep this ordnance.

Make him a special gift out of that Napalm.

The boat must be around that bend.

We have to go. Now.

Don't shoot!

Conrad, which way are we going?

If we need to go back to the boat

it's that way.

Wait for us till dawn.

If we're not back by then...

Just go.

Where are you two going?

We're going to save Kong.

Not without me, pal.

Oh dear.

Men!

Place the charges.

It's time to show Kong...

That man

is king!

On one.

On Two.

On three.

Packard!

Don't do it.

I asked you fellas nice the first time.

We don't want to fight here, Packard.

This thing brought us down! He killed my men!

Kong was just defending his territory.

We are soldiers!

We do the dirty work!

So our families and our countrymen don't have to be afraid!

They shouldn't even know a thing like this exists!

You've lost your mind.

Put that detonator down.

Stop!

The world is bigger than this.

Bitch, please!

Slivko, get her out of there!

You know it's the wrong thing to do, son.

Put it down, Sir.

Packard!

Come on.

It's over.

That's the big one.

Fall back.

Go!

Colonel.

Sir!

Die you motherfucker...

- Aaah! - Kong's down. Let's go!

They told us to leave at dawn

- I know. - It's dawn.

I know!

So what are we going to do?

This is the edge of the island.

Weaver, get up on those rocks and fire a flare.

With any luck, Brooks will see it.

We'll buy you time.

This way.

Come on. Every second counts.

Cole!

Come on man, we gotta fall back.

Go live your life.

Get out of here.

- Cole, no! - Cole!

Cole, no!

- Cole! - Cole!

No, don't!

Cole!

Cole!

Come on. Come on. You son of a bitch.

Come on! Run!

Come on! Run!

Come on! Hurry!

Come on!

- Marlow, will you help me?! - She's temperamental, watch out!

- Clear! - Okay!

Come on, you bastard!

Weaver!

Weaver?

Hey, hey hey!

You're okay?

So what do you think fellas?

This way to Key West?

I think it is, brother.

This place will change.

Word will get out.

It always does.

Well, it's not coming from us.

We'll meet again

Don't know where

Don't know when

But I know we'll meet again,

some sunny day.

We'll meet again

Don't know where Don't know when.

But I know, we'll meet again,

some sunny day...

If you want to see a crowd go crazy...

see what happens if this guy gets one right.

High ball, great hit.

And the impossible dream just became the possible dream!

Courtesy of Tante Pyse :) There is still some unsubbed stuff, starting at 1:56:46 at the end of the titles!