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Monsters

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• Adventure
• Romance

• 2010
• Gareth Edwards
• 90 mins
• 12A

Summary

Science-fiction drama starring Whitney Able and Scoot McNairy. Six years after an alien life form has spread throughout Mexico, a cash-strapped photographer escorts the daughter of his newspaper-magnate boss out of the quarantined region and back to the US, fully intending to give the area infected by aliens a wide berth.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Trevor Johnston

In the wake of an alien infestation that has rendered areas of the US-Mexico border a no-go area, two seemingly mismatched travellers attempt to traverse the danger zone in this blend of sci-fi speculation and character drama. Aspiring photojournalist Andrew (Scoot McNairy, from indie favourite In Search of a Midnight Kiss) is hardly enthused by the prospect of ushering heiress Sam (Whitney Able) back home to her waiting fiancé, yet we're soon convinced that clinging together in adversity is sparking something between these two displaced souls. Monsters is an enterprising debut from British writer/director Gareth Edwards, and the film cannily deploys its modest budget to convince us that towering, spindly squid-like aliens are indeed stalking the earth. Mixing road movie, romance and extraterrestrials might sound unlikely, yet the film draws something fresh, suspenseful and affecting from it. And, unusually for such creature features, it's the story's human dimension that is arguably its strongest suit - the chemistry between the leads is obviously authentic, since they subsequently tied the knot in real life.

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6.3/10

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Cast

rolenameAndrew KaulderScoot McNairySam WyndenWhitney AbleTicket SellerMario Zuniga BenavidesHomeless WomanAnnalee JefferiesMarineJustin HallMarineRicky CatterMarinePaul ArcherMarineKerry ValderramaMarineJonathan WinnfordMarineStan Wong

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rolenameDirectorGareth EdwardsWriterGareth EdwardsProducerAllan NibloProducerJames RichardsonComposerJon HopkinsDirector of photographyGareth EdwardsEditorCol GoudieProduction designerGareth Edwards

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Details

Theatrical distributor

Vertigo Distribution Ltd

Released on

2010-12-03

Languages

English | Spanish

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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