MONSTERS _ review
In the not too distant future an American space craft is returning to Earth with specimens from another planet. Something goes wrong and the craft goes out of control, crash lands in Mexico and spills it's contents into the environment. As fate would have it the samples contain alien life forms. The life forms are released into the environment and proceed to grow into very large creatures inspired by H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhus Mythos.
The governments of the US and Mexico launch an effort to contain the creatures to a large swath of Mexican territory and prevent the contagion from spreading to the United States. We learn during the film just how challenging a task this proves to be.
The story begins when photo journalist Andrew Kaulder (Scoot McNairy) arrives in a Mexican city, intent on taking pictures of the destruction the creatures have caused as well as a living specimen. Soon after his arrival he receives a call from his boss. The daughter of their publisher, Sam Wynden (Whitney Able) has been injured in the recent attack on the town. Andrew is ordered to get her out and on her way home. What seems like a simple task becomes more complicated since air transport isn't available. A journey down the river is the only way out and that route will also be closed in the next 24 hours. Of course Sam misses that boat and our heroine is left up shit creek without a paddle. Thus begins the story of their journey home.
Monsters is not your typical creature feature. Yes there are some scary creatures and battles but it's much more than that. It's about the impact the war has on the lives of the people who live in the restricted zone as well as Sam and Andrew. It focuses on the sadness of the survivors and how it effects our heroes, Andrew in particular. This is more of a drama than the action adventure story one usually gets in a sci-fi horror film. There is much more to it and all the actors do an excellent job of carrying the story. My vivid imagination can see analogy in the relationship between the 2 countries. At the end I found myself asking who were the bad guys?
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