Monsters

A friend of mine described this film as being like Cloverfield and District 9 mixed together. It's similar to Cloverfield as in the "Monsters" in this film are as big as buildings, but less monsters more like destructive jelly fish which make sounds like whales talking to each other. And the resemblance to District 9 goes as far as it's shot in poor areas... not South Africa but Central America. Shot renegade style, the extras are people from the are who just happened to be there, shot for an estimated $200,000... not alot when compared to the average Hollywood film, or even Sci-fi. They get away with this by not really showing alot of the aliens, mostly quick glimpses or news reports. The lead actor Scoot McNairy plays a very dislikable character... and when I started watching it, I was thinking "How am I going to like this film, the lead is a dick who I want to die", but he did actually grow on me as the film goes on.

3 1/2 stars.