I think Sky Box Office should offer a money back guarantee on their films (this is a suggestion rather than a complaint – in case any Sky employees are reading – I am a fan of Sky Box Office!).
We bought Monsters the other night and settled down ready for some sci-fi action. The action never came.
The story (albeit a brief story) is about a photo journalist who had to escort his boss' daughter back to America from Mexico. Mexico has been battling for years with some squid-like aliens who landed on the planet, leaving a large part of Northern Mexico as an 'infected zone'. With the last ferry back to America gone, the pair are left with no choice but the cross the 'infected zone' by land.
We thought that once they got into the 'infected zone' it might get a bit more exciting. But no, not really.
They finally reach 'the wall' (a very big wall the US had built along the border to keep the aliens/monsters out) but it seems the big squid monsters hadn't just come to Earth for Mexico's burritos.
There were some really nice location shots but apart from that this film didn't really ever get going. It was very slow and even the occasional 'tense' moment didn't really keep me gripped.
I believe this was a low budget film (around $500,000) but low budget doesn’t have to mean low quality – look at The Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity, even Mad Max had less budget than this film and they were much more exciting.
On the bright side, at least I didn’t pay to go to the cinema to watch it!
I’m going to give Monsters a 1.5 alien squid legs out of 5
P.s I've put the link to the DVD below in case you do actually want to order it - you could always wedge it under the leg of that wobbly patio table or use it as a door stop
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