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Ann Darrow (Naomi Watts) is an actress who finds herself out of a job in Depression-era New York. Her luck changes when she meets Carl Denham (Jack Black), an entrepreneur, adventurer and filmmaker, who is struggling to make a name for himself. Adrien Brody plays Jack Driscoll, a New York playwright, who becomes an unlikely hero in a romantic adventure story that is set to test his physical courage and heart. Denham and his film crew, sail to the remote Skull Island to film his latest epic. The natives kidnap Ann and plan to use her as a sacrifice to the island's giant gorrila named King Kong. Carl decides to capture Kong and brings him back to New York City, but Kong escapes and is now out of control.