<\/strong><\/p>\n Directed By: Gareth Edwards<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Starring: Whitney Able, Scoot McNairy<\/strong><\/p>\n \n Something needs to be made clear concerning Monsters<\/em> immediately; it is not a monster movie. If you walk into this one expecting a barrage of massive man-eating creatures, you’ll be disappointed. There are some monsters, but they’re far from the focus of this unbelievably low budget production. Monsters<\/em> is more of a love story than anything, a love story with gigantic glowing octopi in the background.<\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n Monsters<\/em> kicks off six years after a NASA space probe carrying samples of alien life forms is destroyed while attempting to reenter the earth’s atmosphere over Mexico. Strange creatures began to appear and a large section of the country was quarantined and deemed the \u201cInfected Zone.\u201d Scoot McNairy stars as Andrew Kaulder, a photojournalist based in Mexico paid the big bucks for snapping shots of post-creature attack carnage until he\u2019s assigned to escort his boss\u2019 daughter, Samantha (Whitney Able), back home after she\u2019s injured. He isn\u2019t thrilled about the gig, but agrees to take her to the Mexican border of the Infected Zone where she can hop on a ferry and return to the states. But of course, things don\u2019t go as planned and Sam and Kaulder wind up resorting to the more dangerous travel route, straight through the Infected Zone.<\/p>\n \n The movie may be called Monsters<\/em>, but don\u2019t expect to see too many. A good chunk of the beginning of the film focuses on Sam and Kaulder\u2019s trek to the ferry port. They ride a train, visit impoverished locals and see some creature attacks on the news, but nothing is particularly compelling. Even when they reach the water and the Jurassic Park<\/em>-like Infected Zone fence looms in the background, there\u2019s nothing too exciting minus a few fighter jet fly-bys.<\/p>\n \n It isn\u2019t until the duo is deep into the jungle that we finally find ourselves in the midst of a monster ambush and it\u2019s a fantastic scene. Even though we don\u2019t get any long hard looks at the beast, its terrifying presence is furiously evident as is the fear in the leads. But the most gripping moment in the sequence isn\u2019t even the actual attack, it\u2019s the aftermath. There\u2019s just enough bloodshed to purport the gravity of their situation, but not so much that it feels as though it\u2019s just there solely for the intended effect.<\/p>\n \n In fact, much of the terror in Monsters<\/em> comes not from gore, shouting, gunfire and gruesome creatures, but from the elements we don\u2019t see. One particularly disconcerting component is how cavalier everyone is about the circumstances. There are huge beasts armed with deadly tentacles out for blood, but citizens aren\u2019t too concerned. This works quite well in the beginning of the film, making Sam and Kaulder seem as though they\u2019re helpless and alone, however, the attitude that having extra terrestrial neighbors is nothing new ultimately collides with the monster\u2019s brutality. If these creatures pose such a serious threat to mankind, people should be fleeing continents, not just keeping their fingers crossed a wall will keep them out.<\/p>\n \n
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