Kong: Skull Island 2017 quotes

Hank Marlow

"Cold War"? Did we take the summers off?

Bill Randa

Oh shit...

Earl Cole

You ever heard the story of the mouse, the lion, and the thorn?

Yeah?

Earl Cole

There you go, then. In case we ever see that primate again.

You do know that story is about a mouse becoming friends with the lion after taking the thorn out of his paw though, right?

Earl Cole

No it's not. The mouse kills the lion with the thorn!

Who told you that, Cole?

Earl Cole

My mother.

That actually explains a lot.

Hank Marlow

The way they tell it for thousands of years, the people on this island lived in fear. That's a hell of a long time to be scared. And then, one day, the damnedest thing happened. Some of the things they were afraid of started protecting them against the things that were eating them. But nothing lasts forever, I guess. And this is where they honor the last of their saviors. Yeah. That's Kong. He's king around here. He's God to these people. Kong's a pretty good king. Keeps to himself, mostly. This is his home. We're just guests here. But you don't go into someone's house and start dropping bombs unless you're picking a fight.

Mason Weaver

Wasn't Kong the one who killed your friend?

Hank Marlow

No. One of them did. [points to a painting of a Skull Crawler] Kong's God on the island, but the devils live below us.

James Conrad

And what are they called?

Hank Marlow

The Iwis won't speak their name. But I call them Skullcrawlers.

James Conrad

Why?

Hank Marlow

'Cause it sounds neat.

James Conrad

…Okay.

Hank Marlow

Look, I just made that name up. I'm trying to scare you!

Mason Weaver

I'm fine calling them that. [to Conrad] Are you cool with that? I like the name, so I think...

James Conrad

Yeah, that seems like... a great name.

Hank Marlow

I've never said that name out loud before, it sounds stupid now that I say it. Just... you call them whatever you want. They're big lizard things. Nasty. They come from the vents, deep down. That's why Kong got so mad. Those bombs woke up a bunch of them. I tell you what, you're lucky he's out there too, or you would not have made it this far. Crafty bastards, mean as hell. He can handle them, as long as he gets to them when they're still small. But you don't wanna wake up the Big One.

How big is it?

Hank Marlow

It's bigger. It wiped out his whole family. Kong's the last of his kind, but he's still growing. And you better hope he does, because the Iwis say once Kong goes... then the Big One comes up. And it's goodnight, Irene!

How you doing?

Bill Randa

I'm fine, thank you.

Good. Glad to hear it. I was worried about you. [sits, draws gun, points it at Randa] You are going to tell me everything I don't know, or I'm gonna blow your head off.

Bill Randa

Monsters exist.

No shit.

Bill Randa

Nobody believed me. Yesterday, I was a crackpot. But today?

So this was never about geology. You dropped those charges to flush something out. Who are you?

Bill Randa

You heard of the U.S.S. Lawton? (Packard shakes his head) Neither did the public. Out of a thousand young men on that ship I was the only survivor. They told my family she was sunk in battle but I know what I saw. It had no conscience. No reasoning. Just destroy. I spent the last 30 years trying to prove the truth of what I learned that day. This planet doesn't belong to us. Ancient species owned this Earth long before mankind; and if we keep our heads buried in the sand, they will take it back. My agency is known as MONARCH. We specialize in the hunting of Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organisms.

You knew that thing was out here?

Bill Randa

I'm sorry for your men, Colonel, I truly am. Get us home, with proof - so that we can send the cavalry.

I am the cavalry.

You are going to tell me everything that I don't know... or I'm gonna blow your head off.

Ah, you were in the shit. I respect that. But it's people like you that lost us support back home.

All this, and for what?

James Conrad

An uncharted island? Let me list all the ways you're going to die. Rain, heat, mud, disease-carrying flies and mosquitos. Sure, you could load up on the atabrine for the malaria, but what about the other bacteria? And we haven't even started on the things that want to eat you alive.

Before we leave this island, we are going to bring that ape down.

Bitch please!

Camera's way more dangerous than a gun. And we didn't lose the war. We abandoned it.

Die, you motherfu-- [Last words before being crushed to death by Kong]

I am the cavalry.

James Conrad

I guess no man comes home from war. Not really.