Lives, which was directed by John Guillerman, has a dull cast and a plot that's even duller." Staff members of Variety remarked that "in portraying an Indiana Jones-type figure, [Brian] Kerwin strains for plausibility and [the] film swiftly begins to lose some early credibility." The film was nominated for one Razzie Award, Worst Visual Effects. Actor Peter Goetz received a residual check of 12 cents from the film and decided to frame it as a tribute, never cashing it. The film is listed in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilson's book The Official Razzie Movie Guide as one of The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made. Filmink called the movie "awful. There’s no sense of adventure or danger: the bulk of the film takes place in the USA, and the rampage of Kong is played for laughs (being whacked on the head by a golf ball, etc). The leads, Linda Hamilton and Brian Kerwin, could have been cut out of the film entirely. Who wants to see a King Kong movie where the apes are in love with each other and not a human?" Other media Video games Two official video games based on the film were developed and released only in Japan by Konami. They were titled King Kong 2: Ikari no Megaton Punch for the Famicom, and King Kong 2: Yomigaeru Densetsu for the MSX. The Famicom game totally discarded the human aspect of the story and players played as King Kong who has to travel around the globe fighting giant robots and certain military forces in order to save the female Kong. The game was designed as an action-adventure game with some science fiction concepts. The MSX version, on the other hand, plays from the perspective of Mitchell. This version is a role-playing game. Notes References External links 1986 films 1980s fantasy adventure films 1986 independent films 1980s monster movies American fantasy adventure films American independent films American monster movies De Laurentiis Entertainment Group films 1980s English-language films Films directed by John Guillermin Films produced by Martha De Laurentiis Films scored by John Scott (composer) Films set in Borneo Films shot in North Carolina Films shot in Tennessee King Kong (franchise) films American pregnancy films Films with screenplays by Steven Pressfield American sequel films Films with screenplays by Ronald Shusett 1980s American films 1980s Japanese films