Monsters

Monsters

A different take on the classical theme "Alien invasion".

Plot:

A journalist agrees to escort his boss's daughter from Mexico to The US through an "infection zone" that is said to contain aliens.

Review:

Six years years after NASA sends a probe to investigate extraterrestrial life in another galaxy Mexico is harboring alien lifeforms that followed the probe. The border to the US is enforced by a gigantic wall and the Mexican military as well as the USAF are doing bomb raids during the so called " infected zone". A somewhat cynical journalist by the name of Andrew Kaulder ( Scoot Mcnairy) is sent to Mexico on a mission to get some interesting photos (hopefully of the aliens). The boss of the company he works for has a daughter in Mexico, Samantha Wynden, ( Whitney Able) and her father decides that Andrew needs to get her back safe to the US.

This is not a classic action movie as the theme might suggest. It probably goes into the genre drama and has a slower pace than other films with the same theme and focuses alot more on the characters and the haunting atmosphere that an alien invasion might create and the director has captured this atmosphere in a brilliant way in my opinion.

This film has a very low budget and manages to reach through to the audience without the clichees and the dramatic scenes that go along with hollywood films. I got the feeling that this film grew in my mind even after I had seen it, which is something quite rare. I got totally surprised by this film ( this is a common theme among the films I review and perhaps thats why I appreciate them to the extent I do but thats for a different Psychology 101 post).

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