If you're not familiar with the name Magnet and how it relates to films, let me catch you up. Magnet is a releasing company that has released some of the most interesting and entertaining films I've ever seen, many of which are foreign. Such films include: The Troll Hunter, Big Man Japan, Let the Right One In, and now Monsters.
Monsters is a British film set in present-day America/Mexico. The set-up involves aliens crashing to earth six years prior and ever since that incident, a constant struggle has been underway to contain what is known as an infection. Walls have been built, airstrikes are carried out, quarantines are made, and throughout it all the residents of the infected zone have to suffer the collateral damage of the war.
Our protagonists are Andrew, a photojournalist, and Samantha, the daughter of Andrew's wealthy employer. Andrew has been tasked with bringing Samantha back to America from Mexico, which involves traveling through the infected zone. After several unfortunate events which leave them without money and without safe passage, they choose to travel by land straight through the infected zone.
They manage to reach the border only to see that the infected zone has been extended even further. They manage to reach a gas station where they place a phone call to the Army for pick-up. However, they soon encounter a pair of the aliens at the gas station. The aliens, by the way, are gigantic land cephalopods. The pair of aliens begin to sing to each other and glow and caress each other, leading to a surprisingly tender moment in the film. The film then closes in a bittersweet ending and leaves the viewer with a lot of "what if" questions.
Great movie, not stellar, but definitely worth watching.
4 out of 5 squid aliens
4 out of 5 squid aliens
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