Monster Trucks Reviews

Monster Trucks review

Posted : 7 years ago on 6 April 2017 03:46

I think my dad was the one who showed me the trailer for this one before it had come out. I thought it looked like fun. With the name I was expecting there to be the typical Monster Truck rally situations. That was in my mind a neat idea. The cast was an interesting mixture especially with Rob Lowe who isn't seen often anymore. Chris Wedge is mostly known for being Scrat from Ice Age and making movies related to Blue Sky animation films. Derek Connolly wrote Jurassic World and the under the radar Safety Not Guaranteed and some upcoming sequels for Jurassic World and Star Wars. Matthew Robinson also wrote The Invention of Lying and that's all I know from him. Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger have worked on parts of the Alvin and the Chipmunk films, the Kung Fu Panda trilogy, as well as a few others. So with all that in mind this movie could really go any which way.

Well that wasn't what I was hoping for. There is one monster truck rally and it's only one you see briefly on TV. That was a pretty big let down. It's really just your typical monster gets hunted while becoming friends with a local boy movie. It's been done many times and it really doesn't do all that much to be different. The characters weren't all that original and the acting is mostly corny. Lucas Till was an alright lead here. I even like Jane Levy here to be honest. She kind of sounded like someone else here though I can't place who I am thinking of. There are some neat moments here and there. I even admired the ending to an extent. It just wasn't really well thought out. It had potential, but they went with formula.

If this took it's concept and put in monster truck rallies it would have been a much more enjoyable movie. It's just way too formulaic and corny. Jane Levy is one of my favorite things about this though and Lucas Till isn't a bad lead either. I just found this to be a bit too childish and inside the box. I can see why it failed. It's not the worst thing ever it just lacked being too much fun and original.

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