Movie: In 1930s America, filmmaker Carl Denham (Jack Black) hires actress Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts) and screenwriter Jack Driscoll (Adrien Brody) to shoot a movie on "Skull Island", where they discover a giant ape: King Kong!

Televisions.com thinks:

An entertaining and technically superb
adaptation of the silver-screen classic.

Movie Details:

Blu-ray: King Kong

Length: 201 minutes

Genre: Fantasy adventure

Studio: Universal

Cast: Adrien Brody, Naomi Watts, Jack Black

Director: Peter Jackson

Rating: 12 (U.K.), PG-13 (USA), FSK 12 (Germany)

Released: 2009

Picture Format: 2.35:1

Soundtracks: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (English), DTS Digital 5.1 (German)

PICTURE QUALITY:
Outstanding. With radiant colours and crisp detail, this extremely vivid picture easily meets reference quality.

(10 out of 10 points)

SOUND QUALITY:
Extremely powerful — once again, "King Kong" earns full marks!

(10 out of 10 points)

BONUS MATERIAL:
Here, the otherwise sensational release weakens dramatically: All you get is an audio commentary and a picture-in-picture track! This slap in the face stings even more when you hear that the three-disc DVD release boasts four hours (!) of ‘making of’ material.

(3 out of 10 points)

Note: This Blu-ray made it into our list of the 43 best Blu-rays ever.