Preston Packard

Colonel Preston Packard Background information Feature films Kong: Skull Island Television programs Video games Park attractions Actor Samuel L. Jackson Actress Animators Voice Performance model Designer Inspiration Awards Character information Other names Packard, Personality Tragic Appearance An African-American male with shaven black hair, and dark brown eyes. Occupation Leader of the Sky Devils Affiliations Sky Devils Goal Kill Kong in a suicide bombing for the deaths of his military comrades in the Skull Island expedition Home United States Friends Bill Randa, James Conrad (formerly), Mason Weaver (formerly) Enemies Kong, James Conrad, Mason Weaver Minions Likes Dislikes Kong Powers and abilities Weapons Guns, Bombs Fate Smashed by Kong's fist. Quote "What you're lookin' at is a Monster from some by-gone era. It's time to show Kong that Man is King!"

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Colonel Preston Packard is the secondary antagonist of the second installment in Legendary Pictures' MonsterVerse, the 2017 monster blockbuster film Kong: Skull Island. He is a veteran soldier and leads the military group - the Sky Devils Helicopter Squadron - to explore Skull Island, an uncharted island in the Pacific Ocean.

He was portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson.

Role

Kong: Skull Island

Packard was in Vietnam when contacted by William "Bill" Randa, a Monarch representative to be the military escort to an unexplored island in the South Pacific, this when seeing the opportunity accepts the mission and prepares with his team.

Packard heads towards the helicopter crash site that had the seismic bombs and where Chapman found himself, after a long walk for the search of Chapman are attacked by a giant spider, which kills one of the members, and later they manage to reunite with James Conrad and the remaining survivors. Valley of the Dead, where they were attacked by one of the Skullcrawlers, after the confrontation, during a heated discussion, and confirm Chapman had been devoured by the same Skullcrawler from earlier, Packard decides to go for those bombs with his team regardless and hunt down Kong.

Death

After having the seismic bombs, he ambushes Kong, who was reunited with James Conrad, later this activates the bombs attracting his attention, Conrad to seeing this decides to go towards Packard to stop it, Kong goes towards the place of the ambush had Packard who had previously thrown oil in the lake, after a face-to-face confrontation, Packard sets fire to the lake, thus burning and injuring Kong, who falls unconscious on the ground.

Putting explosive charges and about to detonate them, Conrad appears and confronts Packard telling him that there were more things to worry about and Kong was not the threat, but after a brief discussion, the largest Skullcrawler, Ramarak, appears. Conrad with the other soldiers and the survivors run from the creature, while Packard stays behind, remaining determined to finish Kong, who has just awakened, off in a suicide bombing. Before he can detonate the explosives to kill off Kong, the giant ape crushes Packard to death with his fist.

Gallery

Videos

Kong Smashes Packard Kong Skull Island (2017) Movie Clip

External Links

• Preston Packard on the Villains Wiki
• Preston Packard on the Gojipedia Wiki