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MONSTERS

"Haunting Suspense"

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MONSTERS is a low-budget, unique, science fiction movie. A brief prologue says that a NASA probe collected samples from Europa, Jupiter’s moon, but crashed upon re-entry over Northern Mexico. Soon, large new life forms began to appear, and half of Mexico is quarantined as an Infected Zone. The American and Mexican military struggle to contain the creatures, which look like giant walking octopi. Meanwhile, an American photojournalist named Andrew agrees to escort Samantha, the daughter of his wealthy boss, to the coast, where she can pick up a ferry to the United States. When someone steals their passports, however, Andrew must escort Sam through the Infected Zone to get home, with help from some shady Mexican border escorts.

MONSTERS is very well produced, despite its low budget and laidback style. It uses suspense instead of graphic violence to convey its thrills. The most interesting aspect of MONSTERS is perhaps the ending. In it, there’s edge-of- your-seat suspense and chills, followed by a haunting, eerily beautiful encounter with the aliens. Despite the movie’s positive, intriguing qualities, it has some strong R-rated foul language, scary violence and innuendo. This negative content warrants extreme caution.

Content:

(B, PC, LL, VV, S, B, AA, D, M) Light moral worldview marred by light politically correct content concerning illegal immigration, but not done in an overbearing, strident way but more like an ambiguous metaphor open to interpretation; eight or nine obscenities (including some “f” and “s” words) and two light My God profanities; some strong scary violence with some blood includes soldiers battle large alien monster, characters frightened by jet in river stream that suddenly appears and turns over, scary jungle sounds, two large alien monsters seem to attack vehicles and people at night, scary shots of corpses of small family with some blood, corpses of large alien monsters situation where woman in convenience store hides from tentacles of alien monster searching the place and appearing to be intrigued by video monitor watching the outside; implied fornication when man wakes up with woman he just met in his bed; upper male nudity; alcohol use and drunkenness; smoking; and, woman steals two people’s passports.

More Detail:

MONSTERS is a unique low-budget science fiction movie that ends on a haunting note that’s also eerily beautiful. There are some scary, violent moments, however, and other objectionable content.

The movie opens with a prologue stating that a NASA probe collected samples from Europa, Jupiter’s moon, but crashed upon re-entry over Northern Mexico. Soon, large new life forms began to appear and half of Mexico is quarantined as an Infected Zone.

The American and Mexican military struggle to contain the large creatures, which look like giant walking octopi. Meanwhile, an American photojournalist named Andrew agrees to escort Samantha, the daughter of his wealthy boss, to the coast, where she can pick up a ferry to the United States.

Andrew and Sam get to the coast, but while staying overnight for the ferry the next morning, Andrew gets drunk and picks up a girl. In the morning, the girl steals both their passports. Now, Andrew must escort Sam through the Infected Zone to get home, which the help of some shady Mexican border escorts.

MONSTERS is very well done, despite its low budget and more laidback style. Though there is some scary violence with blood when the people encounter the giant monsters, the filmmakers restrain themselves from being overly graphic. Their restraint gives the movie a very suspenseful atmosphere. You never know what’s lurking in the jungle as Andrew and Sam journey home.

The most interesting aspect of MONSTERS is perhaps the ending. In it, there’s edge-of- your-seat suspense and chills, followed by a haunting, eerily beautiful encounter with the aliens causing the viewer to wonder who is the real monster. The ending also sets up viewers for a possible sequel to the story of Andrew and Sam.

Despite the movie’s positive, intriguing qualities, it does have some strong but brief R-rated foul language. Also, Andrew has a one-night stand with the woman who steals his and Sam’s passports. Finally, the movie has some politically correct connotations in favor of illegal immigration and against humans, but its ambiguous qualities soften those negatives. This content, and the movie’s strong violence, warrant strong caution for younger viewers and other sensitive audience members.

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Now more than ever we’re bombarded by darkness in media, movies, and TV. Movieguide® has fought back for almost 40 years, working within Hollywood to propel uplifting and positive content. We’re proud to say we’ve collaborated with some of the top industry players to influence and redeem entertainment for Jesus. Still, the most influential person in Hollywood is you. The viewer.

What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.

You can make a difference with as little as $7. It takes only a moment. If you can, consider supporting our ministry with a monthly gift. Thank you.

Movieguide® is a 501c3 and all donations are tax deductible.