He initially wanted to expand on that idea, but after the release of War of the Worlds, he believed it was "not going to be special anymore".
After finding another shelter and while recovering from what has happened, Inkelaar is killed by a sniper while Frankie is wounded before a group of insurgents surrounds them. Monsters: Dark Continent (also known as Monsters 2: Dark Continent or simply Monsters 2) is a 2014 British science fiction monster film written by Jay Basu and English director Tom Green. During the encounter, one of the gigantic creatures wanders past the group and they gun it down. Johnny Harris, Sam Keeley and Joe Dempsie starred in the film. At times, its plotting is random and close to incomprehensible. It allows our most engaged readers to debate the big issues, share their own experiences, discuss real-world solutions, and more. Frater leads the others into surrendering. The chronological ending takes place at the beginning of the film, filmed in green night vision sight, when the military rescue team is attacked by a single creature.
[36] Amy Biancolli of the San Francisco Chronicle called McNairy and Able a "semi-interesting" pair, but disliked the lack of monsters in the film, the dialogue, and the familiarity of the story. After enjoying the local nightlife together, Andrew sleeps with a local woman who steals their passports. Michael is forced to shoot him to keep him from killing the rest of the family. However, they discover there that the soldiers they were meant to rescue had all been killed prior to their arrival. After being captured, Michael and Frater are bound and forced to watch as Frankie bleeds to death in front of them. In its third weekend, the film expanded to 25 theatres and grossed $48,680, averaging $1,947 per theatre. Please continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates. He changed his mind after meeting them and cast them both.
[30] Dan Jolin of Empire echoed the comparison to Herzog, opining that the film "exhibits the lyrical surrealism of [his] jungle excursions".
[21], Hours after the film's screening at South by Southwest, Magnet Releasing acquired the distribution rights in the United States. Want an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium. The hero (Sam Keeley) is a youngster from the wrong side of the tracks in Detroit who joins the US army to escape a life of crack and criminality. It earned a 17% score based on 35 reviews on aggregator Rotten Tomatoes; the consensus is: "Monsters: Dark Continent lacks the fresh approach and thought-provoking subtext of its predecessor, settling instead for tired war movie clichés. Frater, who has already gone through nine tours, has become estranged from his wife and daughter, who he says is afraid of him. It is the sequel to 2010's Monsters, directed by Gareth Edwards.Due to commitments with Godzilla, Edwards did not return to direct, but served as an executive producer. [6] The filming equipment cost approximately $15,000, and the production budget came in "way under" $500,000. Though he praised the score, he stated that it is "more fascinating for its ambitions than for what it accomplishes" and criticised the main characters for being "too shallow" and unengaging. [4] Gareth Edwards served as the film's executive producer, but the film's production ran concurrently with Edwards' own Godzilla, thus he could not contribute much to the actual film. "There is an amazing contradiction at the heart of Central America: potential trouble right alongside beauty and friendship. [7] The film was able to be made on such a low budget largely due to the production using consumer grade prosumer level equipment instead of professional paraphernalia. As Frater searches for water, Michael encounters a boy still alive.
[27], Roger Ebert awarded the film three and a half out of four stars, praising its focus on "characters, relationships, fear and mostly unseen menace" rather than its visual effects, as well as the acting. At times, this appears to be a war movie, shot in dirty realist fashion with lots of machismo and hand-held camerawork. The group is then set under fire by insurgents.
After giving their goodbyes to various family members (and visiting a dog fight featuring an infant creature), four closely knit friends from Detroit—Michael, Frankie, Inkelaar and new father Williams—are U.S. Army soldiers deployed to the Middle East for their first tour as they must deal with the creatures (dubbed "monsters" by the military) and a new insurgency on the rise. Monsters takes place years after a NASA probe crashed in Mexico, which led to the sudden appearance of giant tentacled monsters. Their mission is to rescue a lost patrol while putting a bullet in as many monsters as they can. A lone creature silently approaches the station. While attending university in 1996, Edwards made a short monster movie set in suburbia. Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our Community Guidelines. Vue Entertainment and Cineworld Cinemas set up 'infected locations' which gave users access to exclusive Monsters content and the chance to win random on-the-spot prizes. [25], Monsters received generally positive reviews from critics.
He produced two shots a day until he reached the first creature shot, when "suddenly two months went by and [he] still hadn't finished a single creature shot"; Edwards stated that the creatures' visual effects were the most challenging element of production. [3][10] For about 90% of the principal photography, the crew consisted of seven people transported in one van: Edwards, Able, McNairy, sound operator Ian Maclagan, line producer Jim Spencer, Mexican fixer Verity Oswin, and a driver. "[5] Shortly after, D Films acquired the rights to distribute the film in Canada. They briefly debate euthanising him until they are rescued by locals, who feed them and give them water in gratitude for saving the boy's life. Monsters: Dark Continent (also known as Monsters 2: Dark Continent or simply Monsters 2) is a 2014 British science fiction monster film written by Jay Basu and English director Tom Green.
Andrew and Samantha escape, but none of the guards survive. The original cut was over four hours long but was trimmed to 94 minutes after eight months of editing. Over its six subsequent weekends, the film grossed an additional $60,141. Vertigo planned to release it in the United Kingdom on 28 November 2014 but delayed its release to 27 February 2015. [3] While new footage was being captured, the previously filmed footage was edited at the production team's hotel.
[33] Clark Collis of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a B+, also praising the performances of McNairy and Able and commending Edwards' work. Taking the Alien franchise as your starting point is a bold but risky move. [52] It is unknown whether or not Gareth Edwards, the original director of the film is serving as executive producer for the TV series. He also commended Edwards for "evoking ... awe and beauty" and for the creature designs. In January 2018, Channel 4 is developing a TV series based on the movie. Edwards was impressed by McNairy but wanted a real couple to portray the lead characters.
Culture > Film > Reviews Monsters: Dark Continent, film review: Random plotting and jarring changes in tone (15) Tom Green, 121 mins.
Andrew and Samantha travel through a severely damaged, evacuated town in Texas, find an abandoned gas station with power and call the army for help. [34], Conversely, Ty Burr of the Boston Globe gave the film a mixed review, granting it two and a half stars out of five. By the time they reach the border, the creatures have crossed into the United States. Then, out of nowhere, the MTRs (as the monsters are nicknamed) will appear, clanking through the sand like gigantic Meccano robots.
[4] Green wrote the screenplay with Jay Basu and the two had free rein to make what type of movie they wanted as long as it included monsters. [29] Jeanette Catsoulis of The New York Times called the film "wondrously atmospheric" and "effortlessly compel[ling]", and praised Edwards' "beautiful, otherworldly" visual effects.
As an enormous creature emerges from the sands in front of them, Frater collapses and dies from his injury. Unable to board the ferry, Samantha is forced to barter her engagement ring for passage through the quarantine zone. Now enraged by the futility of their mission and the lives lost, Frater snaps and kills one of the villagers. Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate? During a drive, the team's convoy hits a hidden IED which disables both vehicles, killing Forrest and two of their team. Filming took place in five countries, and many locations were used without permission. He had the idea to make a monster movie set "years after most other monster movies end, when people aren't running and screaming, but life is going on" and "where a giant, dead sea monster is considered completely normal". Forced to abandon his body, the four remaining escape on foot. [14] The film was first released in Russia on 30 September 2010. [47] Originally scheduled to be released on 28 November 2014,[48] the film's release date was then moved to 27 February 2015,[49] and was eventually released by Vertigo on 1 May 2015. [3], —Gareth Edwards, recalling events during filming in Central America[3], The film was written and directed by Gareth Edwards, while Allan Niblo and James Richardson of Vertigo Films served as producers. [3], Every night after shooting, editor Colin Goudie and his assistant Justin Hall would download the footage so the memory sticks could be cleared and ready for the next day. Gareth Edwards and Scoot McNairy served as executive producers. [17] Monsters was released in 19 countries between September 2010 and December 2011. There are some inventive moments along the way – a "dog fight" involving a bulldog and a baby monster, a lyrical scene of monster spores drifting through the air – but these are interspersed with lots of posturing, yelling and brawling as the US soldiers confront the even more brutal local insurgents. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 73% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 159 reviews, with an average rating of 6.61/10. Filming began in March 2013, taking place in Jordan and Detroit (U.S.).
Create a commenting name to join the debate, There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts, There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts. The film concluded its five-week run on 2 January 2011; the gross was $1,442,633. Principal photography lasted three weeks and had a production crew of six people. ", "Gareth Edwards interview: on making Monsters, meeting Quentin Tarantino and more", "Interview: Whitney Able and Scoot McNairy", "Magnet Releasing Takes U.S. Rights to Monsters", "Interview: Gareth Edwards, director of 'Monsters, "Monsters: the bedroom blockbuster that's the anti-Avatar", "Cannes: The Film Market, Monsters, The Housemaid", "Film Weekly previews Edinburgh and meets the stars of Kicks", "Мировая премьера "Монстров" в российских кинотеатрах 30 сентября (Monsters world premiere will happen in Russia)", "Gareth Edwards' Monsters Come Home for Halloween", "Vertigo plans Foursquare promotion for Monsters", "Monsters Coming to UK and Aussie DVD and Blu-ray In April", "Monsters (2010) – International Box Office Results", "Monsters (2010) – United Kingdom Weekend Box Office Results", "Monsters (2010) – Weekend Box Office Results", "More monstrous in title than in scale, but entertaining nonetheless", "Monsters: Alien adventures in the (infected) zone", "British Independent Film Awards Winners 2010: 'The King's Speech' Sweeps", "Scream Awards Winners: 'Harry Potter' Takes Home Top Honor, Most Awards", "Spike TV Announces 'SCREAM Awards 2011' Nominees", "Inception Wins Big at the 2011 Saturn Awards", "Exclusive First Look at Monsters: Dark Continent", "Monsters: Dark Continent UK Release Date Finally Confirmed for May 2015", "Gareth Edwards' Sci-Fi Feature 'Monsters' Being Adapted As Television Series", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Monsters_(2010_film)&oldid=986359679, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 31 October 2020, at 10:40.
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