Monsters: Dark Continent Review

Monsters: Dark Continent was a better experience than I expected. Is it a very good film? Well, it’s not perfect, but it does serve as a worthy and clever successor to the original, a survival drama with giant octopi. This movie is Aliens to that film - it builds on its own world with a completely different focus, it’s gritter, it has more action and yet it still looks at the state of the world today, as the story follows two comrades finding each other with opposing views on their whole mission.

The script doesn’t resemble anything the Academy would approve of, and not everyone is a completely convicing American, but while it’s not as good, this movie is CG monsters and action fused with social commentary and grit, and Hollywood should take note because it’s this year’s District 9.