Gorilla at Large

Often times when gorillas are accused of murder they end up being proven completely innocent. In Gorilla at Large, you are certain the gorilla was innocent but you’re glad they killed him just the same. Without the fallen Twin Towers to scale, our gorilla climbs a relatively short roller coaster to prove his point. He is then subject to an incredible “Shock and Awe” campaign that disorients him enough to lay down the obligatory unconscious woman and allow ground troops to fill him with bullets. Lee Marvin has a memorable performance as a gray haired rookie cop with a weakness for bananas and sleeping in feces filled cages. Not sure if this was Mr. Marvin’s first performance but it should have been his last. While it is expected that there be some lack of realism for the sake of entertainment, having all of the carnies well dressed and appear as though they just stepped out of the Mens Warehouse was a little over the top. Raymond Burr admitted to murder so he could spend the rest of his days safely in jail. When it appeared the jig was up he straightened his tie, smashed out the detectives’ office window, and hoped for a Karachi Kops style beating. It never came. Gorilla suits filled with trapeze tape, a terminated carny hanging dead on a fence, and the janitor from Reptilicus, make Gorilla at Large a confusing and overly drawn out feature.

(ed. note…remember kids…Gorilla at Large was originally 3-D!)