Half of Mexico has been quarantined, having been taken over by alien creatures brought back to Earth by a space probe. American newspaper photographer Andrew Kaulder (Scoot McNairy) is tasked with escorting his boss's daughter Samantha (Whitney Able) to the safety of the US via ferry, but the pair are forced to travel to the border through the 'infected' zone when their passports are stolen by a bar floozy with whom Andrew spends a tequila-fuelled one night stand (could have been worse, I suppose: he might have got his own 'infected zone south of the border' into the bargain).
Technically speaking, there ARE monsters in Monsters, but the total time that they are on screen cannot amount to more than a few scant minutes. The rest of this low-budget indie film focuses on the two Americans as they get to know and fall for each other against a backdrop of chaos, and ultimately discover that they might not be so different to the aliens that they have been so afraid of. In other words, Monsters is a very dull, extremely talkative character study/romance that will no doubt frustrate and anger those viewers lured in by its misleading title, deceptive marketing and intriguing basic premise; even those forearmed with the knowledge that this isn't a special effects laden monster smack-down might still be surprised at just how slow and uneventful the film actually is.
Technically speaking, there ARE monsters in Monsters, but the total time that they are on screen cannot amount to more than a few scant minutes. The rest of this low-budget indie film focuses on the two Americans as they get to know and fall for each other against a backdrop of chaos, and ultimately discover that they might not be so different to the aliens that they have been so afraid of. In other words, Monsters is a very dull, extremely talkative character study/romance that will no doubt frustrate and anger those viewers lured in by its misleading title, deceptive marketing and intriguing basic premise; even those forearmed with the knowledge that this isn't a special effects laden monster smack-down might still be surprised at just how slow and uneventful the film actually is.