Skull Island
Series, 2023, The Titans, Set in Skull Island
Skull Island is #5 of 7 in release order and #5 of 7 in chronological order in the MonsterVerse.
The story
Shipwrecked in the South Pacific, a group of explorers encounter a menagerie of fearsome creatures — including the giant ape who rules the island: Kong.
Skull Island recap
In 1993, Charlie, the son of the cryptid-hunting expedition leader Cap, and his best friend Mike pull a girl, Annie, out of the sea in the South Pacific. A giant Kraken sinks their boat and kills Mike's father Hiro, and the boys wash up on Skull Island. Cap also makes it ashore and runs into Irene, a scientist leading mercenaries who are hunting Annie. Annie and the boys bond with Dog, a doglike creature, survive the island's monsters and try to stay ahead of Kong, while Mike hides a wound from the Kraken. They realise they cannot escape while the Kraken guards the waters, and Charlie remembers that Kong is attached to a necklace once worn by a girl he protected. Charlie makes peace with his father and goes with Annie and Dog to steal the necklace from a temple and lure Kong to the coast. Masked islanders capture Charlie.
Skull Island ending explained
Kong chases the necklace to the beach and fights the Kraken there, wounding it with the wreck of Cap's boat before ripping it in half and throwing it out to sea. The wave knocks Annie out. She wakes two weeks later in a hospital on the mainland, greeted by Irene, who is revealed to be her mother, leaving the others' fates open.
Where to watch Skull Island
Skull Island is streaming on Netflix in the US.
Ratings
IMDb 6.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 82%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Godzilla vs. Kong, before Monarch: Legacy of Monsters.
- Chronological order: after Godzilla: King of the Monsters, before Godzilla vs. Kong.
What to watch before Skull Island
In release order, the essentials before Skull Island (2023) are Godzilla (2014), Kong: Skull Island (2017), Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), and Godzilla vs. Kong (2021). Skull Island itself is optional in the MonsterVerse order.
Cast
- Mae Whitman as Annie (voice)
- Nicolas Cantu as Charlie (voice)
- Darren Barnet as Mike (voice)
- Benjamin Bratt as Cap (voice)
- Betty Gilpin as Irene (voice)
- Phil LaMarr as Sam (voice)
- John DiMaggio as Crubaby Merc / Hat Merc (voice)
- Mara Junot as Tracker Merc (voice)
- Yuki Matsuzaki as Hiro (voice)
- Trevor Devall as Glasses Merc (voice)
- Sunil Malhotra as Handsome Merc (voice)
- Ian James Corlett as Boomer / Merc / Cake Merc / Baseball Cap Merc (voice)
Created by Brian Duffield.