New Releases Monsters: Dark Continent

CUSTOMER REVIEW



American soldiers stationed in the Middle East are fighting the ongoing war against extraterrestrial, squid-like Kaiju as well as local insurgents and the viewer is invited (rather forcefully I might add) to tag along.



According to the movie summary at the top of this page (and IMDB) "Monsters: Dark Continent" is a sequel to the excellent 2010 "Monsters" although this one wasn't directed by Gareth Edwards and swings more towards action adventure than creature horror and includes a significantly higher density of "adult" content. It sure would be cool if at some point one of these movies would give us at least one scientific character so we could get a little insight into what's going on (sequels are usually known for that) but instead we get a bunch of tools radiating testosterone and blowing up stuff (when they're not screaming or crying) all the while the camera is flailing chaotically to help the viewer "feel" the action... oh, and there's also some excellent CGI aliens usually off in the background which is prolly the only reason anyone would watch this in the first place.



"Dark Continent" obviously had a decent budget but unlike the first film, everyone in this one sucks... and by that I mean everyone, so that in the end I honestly didn't give a rats pajamas whether these "defenders of Earth" defeated any aliens and when the last 30 minutes introduced a sort of "Dances with Wolves" bonding-with-the-natives in an effort to engender sympathy, it was too little too late. My advice is to watch the original again and skip this one. :o)