Redundant and unnecessary.

I'll tell you why so serious

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

This movie puts EVEN the original Kong to shame! T-Rex looked like a child's toy! When Gorga exerts himself with fighting "dinosaurs" or chasing villagers, he sounded like he needed an inhaler! Then, when the circus owner was dealing with the rifle being jammed, Gorga stood there like he was waiting to get shot! And when the circus owner and the female trekker were in the nest, a piercing scream was heard, but her mouth was covered by her hand! Wonder how much money this farce when in the theaters?

**Possible Spoilers Ahead**This five-cent fiasco was directed by the same dude who gave us THE WIZARD OF MARS and GALLERY OF HORRORS. Many of the cast were associates of the infamous Al Adamson. It's been called the worst King Kong rip-off ever made and I won't dispute that accusation for a minute. Anthony Eisley, the owner of a nearly bankrupt circus, journeys to the African jungle (Bronson Canyon) to capture The Mighty Gorga. This critter is guy in a giant gorilla suit with painted-on mis-aligned eyes. Normal-sized gorillas seen earlier in a zoo are scarier than Gorga but then, Curious George is scarier than Gorga. Eisley and sour-pussed heroine Megan Timothy are also menaced by the local Indians. (Timothy sagely explains that Indians belong in South America, not Africa, but no explanation for their presence is ever given.) Other fun stuff: bloodless gunshot wounds, bad acting, dumb dialogue, volcano and cave-dragon scenes cribbed from other films, and a toy tyrannosaurus that lays big purple eggs. (The origin of Barney? Or did director Hewitt expect to premiere this masterpiece on Easter?) By the way, what kind of crazy clown would pay to see a cock-eyed gorilla in a circus? Probably a crazy clown like myself who paid to see it on tape.

"The Mighty Gorga" is probably the worst King Kong rip-off there is. The plot concerns an impecunious circus owner going to a Congo that looks strangely like southern California in search of a giant species of ape that will make his circus some money. Along the way he picks up a woman who is searching for her father (who also wanted to exploit the giant ape), and they encounter a tribe of Indians (played by Caucasian actors) who sustain Gorga on the flesh of maidens so that he doesn't trash their village. The characters wonder what Indians are doing in Africa, but no explanation is ever given (and, incidentally, the only Black person observed during their visit to the Congo speaks English without a foreign accent). In the final scene, the protagonists still haven't captured Gorga, but state their intention to do so although they have no idea how they will transport him back to the States. The special effects are simply unbelievable - the giant ape costume is worse than anything seen in a high school drama production, the one composite shot of the ape and the humans together is pathetic, and the "Indian" scenes (especially the colloquies between the witch doctor and the ape) are like "Gilligan's Island" scenarios; but worst of all is the dinosaur sequence in which the human characters fend off a plastic Tyrannosaur puppet (no exaggeration - it's really that bad) by pelting it with its own eggs, and then observe it being fought to the death by Gorga - this scene is an absolute insult. Even as a devotee of schlock cinema, I was shocked at the ineptitude of this film - it fell far below my already low expectations. If there is a worse giant ape film around, I haven't seen it, and I'd have to see it to believe it.

There are a lot of bad giant ape films. There are also a lot of bad movies which feature less than authentic "African" safaris which are shot on tacky studio back lots with stock footage of wild animals in place of the real thing. Therefore, to stand out in this field is an accomplishment. The Mighty Gorga does. I've seen, and enjoyed, a large number of bad giant ape films and I can assure you they don't come any worse than this one. The only exception might be the Korean made atrocity A*P*E, but its a close call.This film is absolutely awful in every way! So I was thrilled to tape this off TV one night. The ape costume is among the cheapest ever with plastic eyes which do not move. The Witch Doctor character (who also has a 2nd speaking role as a cashier in a booth at the circus near the start of the film) rants and raves a lot about evil "white men" coming to the ape's territory in "Africa" while he offers up "young maidens" as sacrifices to the Mighty Gorga giant ape. Of course the witch doctor is as white as Pat Boone and "Africa" is a few bits of stock footage and the worst movie back lot set imaginable.The special effects are among the worst ever. I especially enjoyed the "fire" scene in the animal trader's complex. Grade Z movie leading man Anthony Eisley and 1 dimensional evil "heavy" Scott Brady team up again after being in the same director's awful Journey to the Center of Time a year or so before.Its hard to convey in words just how awful this movie is. If you enjoy bad films, check this one out! You will be amazed.