Monsters: Dark Continent Reviews

I enjoyed the first one as it was something unique and different. That being said I knew I would be watching this as soon as I could. Knowing that the director had directed some episodes of Misfits (a show I loved) gets me even more excited. That was definitely a messed up little dogfight there. Don't be confused by this. It is a sequel to the original Monsters from a couple years back. It isn't the usual kind of sequel. From the trailer I had expected it to be a war solely on the monsters. This is a war movie that takes place within the world of Monsters which I have to say albeit not what I expected it's quite enticing.

This has a lot more adult material in it than the previous film which I wasn't quite expecting. I was disappointed at the fact that I knew some of the deaths would happen and somewhat in which way. Even though it was slightly predictable it still sucked when it happened. I really enjoyed all the characters here and thought the actors portrayed them quite well. I've seen people say the monsters here are just backdrops, but I see much more here than the last film. I believe they even added some additional creatures as well.

It seems to me that the people who thought this one was bad didn't really understand the point of it all. As I stated before the monsters are part of the world. The previous film had basically the same idea of having the monsters as the background to the humans. The actual story of that is entirely different to this one, but generates the same idea that the monsters aren't the danger of these films. It's kind of like zombies. How many zombie films have it where there are no other evils than the undead? We are the monsters in a way. Anyways the monsters here do have some interactions with the story. Yeah they aren't constant or always heavy interactions, but I felt it as enough. One thing I do agree with others is that this is quite unnecessarily long. For two hours I would have liked them to have done things a little differently like letting some of the characters last a bit longer than they did. I think the ending left a little to be desired.

Pros:
-An original idea for a sequel
-Follows the fact the monsters aren't actually the main focus
-The acting is pretty good
-Most of the characters are likeable
-More Monsters in this one

Cons:
-A little too long
-Some characters got killed off too early
-Some parts of the plot just got left behind somewhere
-The ending could have been better

Anyways I really enjoyed this movie. I recommend checking it out. Just make sure you aren't expecting the monsters to be the main focus. They aren't supposed to be. Happy watching everybody.