Six years ago NASA discovered the possibility of alien life within our solar system. A probe was launched to collect samples, but crashed upon re-entry over Central America.
Soon after, new life forms began to appear there and half of Mexico was quarantined as an INFECTED ZONE. Today, the American and Mexican military still struggle to contain "the creatures"...
The film opens with a US photojournalist named Andrew Kaulder (Scoot McNairy) agreeing to escort a shaken American tourist named Samantha Wynden (Whitney Able), who also happens to be the daughter of Kaulder's boss, through the infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the US border.
Monsters is not exactly as it seems. If you're expecting an all-out monster or alien invasion film, you may be disappointed. This movie is more of a love story set against a backdrop of an alien/monster invasion. But that's not to suggest that it's bad or boring. It's neither. The viewer is taken on a harrowing trek through an unwelcoming Mexican jungle, while the stars are forced to deal with conniving locals, alien invaders, and their own personal hardships.
You will notice some similarities between this film and District 9 as well as Cloverfield. It does contain a message, that of acceptance, which it shares with District 9, but it is not a copy of that film. The alien invasion backdrop in Monsters is a metaphor for the ongoing illegal immigration "war between Mexico and the US.
Monsters is a unique take on the alien invasion genre and does offer up some new ideas about how an invading alien force may spread. I won't go into details as you'll see what I'm referring to when you see the movie. The aliens' appearance will surely please fans of "Lovecraftian" imagery.
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1 - El Bicho
It might help if people had the full story, Scott Rotten (the last name suits you), since you have proven yourself to be a liar.
According to the publishing log, this review sat for about 30 minutes. It appears it was submitted at 14:58:51 and was published at 15:27:42. Those times are PT which is important to note.
If you think 30 min is long time to wait for an editor to go over your work, you must be someone who has only written for amateur blogs, which your behavior reinforces.
As far as further evidence of your unprofessionalism, you listed it as "First on Blogcritics" which turned out to be false as you had already published it at on Examiner page at September 29th, 2010 1:33 pm ET. I am not going to link to it because I don't want to give you the traffic.
Blogcritics is not a perfect site by any means but it's at its best when people work and communicate together. You obviously had no interest in being a team player so thanks for leaving. Your attitude won't be missed.