The overlong Skull Island section, meanwhile, might be an indulgent action binge but it still out-Spielbergs Spielberg at his most Jurassic: icky giant bugs elicit schoolgirl squeals, while Kong’s T-Rex tussle causes fanboys to shriek with delight. Even the monster-free sequences will cause mandibles to slacken, such as the Venture’s attempts to navigate the island’s rock-spike coast, or the Kong-summoning ritual, disturbingly portrayed as an ecstatic religious experience for the island’s wretched, hissing natives.