Mighty Joe Young

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(adventure, family, fantasy, thriller)

The movie opens with poachers attacking a group of gorillas. Animal preservationists fight the poachers, which ends with one gorilla and a young girl's mother dead. In the melee, a particularly large gorilla baby attacks the head hunter and bites his thumb and forefinger off. The films immediately passes into the future and the young girl has grown up to be Charlize Theron and the gorilla has grown to be 15' tall and weighs 2000 pounds. The two are best friends who play together. When poachers again appear, a representative (Bill Paxton) of a California wildlife refuge convinces her to transfer the gorilla she has named Joe Young to the refuge. Of course, once there the former hunter shows up seeking revenge. Terrorizing the gorilla without letting his human handlers know, the gorilla goes on a rampage across Los Angeles..

actors:

Bill Paxton as Gregg O'Hara
Charlize Theron as Jill Young
Rade Serbedzija as Andrei Strasser
Regina King as Cecily Banks
Peter Firth as Garth
Naveen Andrews as Pindi
David Paymer as Harry Ruben
Robert Wisdom as Kweli
Christian Clemenson as Jack
Geoffrey Blake as Vern
Lawrence Pressman as Dr. Elliot Baker
Linda Purl as Dr. Ruth Young
Mika Boorem as Young Jill Young
Cory Buck as Jason
Liz Georges as Jason's Mother
directors:
Ron Underwood
rating:5.40

See also: Adventure: Lost Empire, The

See also: Bill Paxton in Tombstone