Although it reputedly cost half a million dollars, "Konga" is little more than a cheapo creature feature with Claire Gordon as a nice little bit of feminine distraction and Michael Gough as the loony manipulator of the two women in his life and, of course, "Konga" himself. Unfortunately, "Konga" is a bit of a letdown. Now all of us, except the producers of this movie, know that a chimp is not a gorilla, nor is a gorilla a chimp. Not recognizing this is bad enough, but the producers of this film don't have a real gorilla on hand anyway. The "gorilla" is obviously a man in a monkey suit - and not a very convincing suit at that. Nevertheless, the actors try to play it cool, but the odds are stacked against them. Nobody could take this movie seriously. But as a comedy, it certainly has its daft moments of - what can I say? Dopey developments? Inept freakishness!
Review of Konga
