News for Dec. 23, 2005

Play: Monkey see, monkey do

12/23/05, 10:29 pm EST - Xoanon

The Playstation 2 version of King Kong is an exciting albeits lower-paced adventure for fans. FAIZUL AZIM SAIFUL is engrossed. There's no doubt about it. King Kong is IT as far as cinemagoers in Malaysia are concerned. People are lining up at the cineplexes to watch this giant gorilla bond with a blonde! Well, now you can re-live the whole movie experience with Playstation 2’s latest offering, Peter Jackson’s King Kong: The Official Game of The Movie. While most games cast you (the player) as a powerful hero, King Kong casts you as the quiet screenwriter Jack Driscoll (played by Adrien Brody in the movie). Jack doesn’t say much, partly because he isn’t given the chance since director Carl Denham (the inimitable Jack Black), the filmmaker who brings everyone to Kong’s island in the first place, won’t shut up. [More]