Monsters

This indie film was listed as a Sci-Fi movie, but truthfully I feel that it is a budding romance with an alien invasion as the back drop.  The film's main stars are a journalistic photographer Andrew Kaulder (Scoot McNairy) who comes to the aide of his newspaper's boss's daughter Samantha "Sam" Wynden (Whitney Able).  Kaulder is trying to capture that magic shot, the picture that tells the story.  Currently, the United States and Mexico are trying to put a hold on the spread of aliens into Mexico and the United States.  These are aliens that have adapted to our world after a probe bringing back samples from outer space crashes into Northern Mexico.  These creatures have destroyed an area now considered the "Quarantine Zone."


After another attack in Mexico, Kaulder is asked to check on Sam, the daughter of the newspaper's owner.  After seeing that she is okay, he is then asked to bring her to the coast so she can take a ferry back to the United States, protecting and ensuring her safety.  Feeling it is truly a waste of time, he reluctantly helps the young lady secure a ticket to the ferry.  In the mean time, he slowly gets to know her, as she does with him and they begin to establish a connection.  You see their relationship develop as he questions his job and beliefs; and Sam questions and ponders their future.


Do you see any Sci-Fi in the film?  There are definitely scenes that do get your adrenaline going, but you truly don't see any monsters until the end, similar to the way that "Cloverfield" doesn't show you the big monsters until the latter part of the movie.


I did enjoy the movie, particularly because it was an indie movie and I was truly able to get to know the characters.  They were not overshadowed by a big Hollywood name.  

I give it a 7 out of 10.

Next up is the movie "Scream 4"