Desc: Mighty Joe Young: Directed by Ron Underwood. With Charlize Theron, Bill Paxton, Rade Serbedzija, Peter Firth. A legendary fifteen-foot tall mountain gorilla named Joe is taken to an animal sanctuary in California by zoologist Gregg O'Hara (Bill Paxton) and Jill Young (Charlize Theron), with whom he grew up. Poacher Strasser (Rade Serbedzija) returns from the past to seek vengeance on Joe.