Back in 2008, everyone seemed to go crazy over J J Abrams monster movie Cloverfield, except me. I thought it was little more than a cynical marketing exercise designed to hype up what was a weak and disappointing film. With Monsters, Brit director Gareth Edwards shows how it should have been done. Six years ago, aliens arrived on Earth and ended up in the forests around the US-Mexico border. Attempts to eradicate them failed and a huge wall has been built to keep them out of the USA, with nightly airstrikes launched against them. Travel between the Mexico and the US is now extremely dangerous and limited, but some desperate people still choose to take the ...  Read the complete review

(FILM ONLY REVIEW) I came to this movie with not many preconceptions since I knew very little about it. I did know that it was critically acclaimed and that it had been compared to 'Cloverfield' and 'District 9' two films I have seen and enjoyed so I was at the very least intrigued to see what all the fuss was about. In many ways 'Monsters' might well represent the future of film in an increasingly competitive market under pressure from pirated copies and illegal downloads which the big studio at least is severely denting their profits. In making 'Monsters' young British director and writer Gareth Edwards has proved that you can make an intelligent, CGI ...  Read the complete review

Genre- Sci-Fi Run-Time - 94 minutes Awards- BAFTA nominations British --------- Just as music went through a digital revolution, film will too, 90% of all music downloaded online now stolen and so the record companies unclear how to proceed to maintain a profitable model, especially after Spotify all but closed down this week, their method of legally giving away free music and hoping to make the money back in advertising failing miserable, a fete that awaits Hollywood for the movie DVD. Once the high street stores of HMV and Blockbusters close down all movies will be downloaded online and that means 90% of those will probably be pirated. In ...  Read the complete review

Monsters is a fairly low budget sci-fi tale depicting the consequences of mans first contact with alien life as seen through the eyes of a roving reporter who is trying to break a big story. Set in the near future, a large area of land between America and Mexico has been quarrantined off after a Nasa probe into the deepest, darkest regions of space returned to Earth carrying some kind of alien spore. This spore infected the local population of animals and plant life creating some very bizarre mutations and now many 'alien' creatures roam the Quarrantine zone causing much mischief and mahem to those who live on its borders. After one paticular attack, a young ...  Read the complete review

This is the story about a Journalist - Kaulder and his boss's daughter, Samantha (Sam) who are stuck in Mexico following an unknown event which has given rise to an influx of huge beings that reek havoc on the human race. Sounds action-packed, thrilling and scary. Think again!! I recall maybe seeing the monsters a total of 5 or 6 times throughout the entire movie. The story comprises their journey through the infected exclusion zone so that Kaulder can bring Sam home safe to her father and her fiance. There is a love story element which involves Sam, for unknown reasons not being too bothered about getting married and developing a soft spot for Kaulder ...  Read the complete review