I caught Gareth Edwards’ ambitious new sci-fi movie Monsters at SXSW earlier this year and, while I liked things about it, was turned off by the movie’s awkward attempt at shoe-horning in anti-American politics. Still there are things in it worth seeing, particularly for a movie about Godzilla-sized aliens done on such a tiny budget.
It’s been picked up for release in America, so you’ll have your chance to check it out for yourself soon. In the meantime, we’ve got a look at the first UK poster for Monsters. Here it is:
Six years ago NASA discovered the possibility of alien life within our solar system. A probe was launched to collect samples, but crashed upon re-entry over Central America. Soon after, new life forms began to appear and grow. In an effort to stem the destruction that resulted, half of Mexico was quarantined as an INFECTED ZONE. Today, the American and Mexican military still struggle to contain the massive creatures… Our story begins when a jaded US journalist (McNairy) begrudgingly agrees to find his boss’ daughter, a shaken American tourist (Able) and escort her through the infected zone to the safety of the US border.
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