Monsters

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Call Number: DVD Science-Fiction Monsters
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Westgate Branch

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DVD release of the 2010 motion picture.
Special features: Commentary with Gareth Edwards, Scoot McNairy and Whitney Able; deleted and extended scenes; HDNet: a look at Monsters.
Scoot McNairy, Whitney Able.
Six years ago NASA discovered the possibility of alien life within the solar system. Soon after, new life forms began to appear and half of Mexico was quarantined. A probe was launched to collect samples, but crashed upon re-entry over Central America. Today, the American and Mexican military still struggle to contain 'the creatures.' Now a U.S. journalist has agreed to escort a shaken American tourist through the infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the U.S. border.
DVD ; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation ; Dolby digital EX 5.1 surround.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Hardly Monstrous submitted by pkooger on May 25, 2011, 10:34am The illegal immigration allegory is clear in this suspenseful sci-fi film. However, I found myself just as interested in what was happening in the lives of the two main characters as I was in the main plot. I've seen too many alien movies where the characters are one-dimensional parodies of comic book characters. It was refreshing to get to know them as people a little bit.

I also really liked the design of aliens. They didn't seem quite as scary as most movie monsters, but instead they were rather beautiful in a way. I wish the film had spent more time explaining what they actually were, but I suppose the audience's ignorance of their inner workings is intentional. They just seemed, well, alien. A very well done film.