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Monsters

2010 · 94 min

A quiet, melancholic journey through a strange and dangerous landscape, where the monsters are almost incidental to the fragile human connection.

Directed by
Gareth Edwards
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Science fiction
Starring
Scoot McNairy, Whitney Able, Mario Zuniga Benavides
Tagline
After six years, they're no longer aliens. They're residents.
Overview
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 and half of Mexico was quarantined as an infected zone. Today, the American and Mexican military still struggle to contain "the creatures," while a journalist agrees to escort a shaken tourist through the infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the U.S. border.

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Directed by
Gareth Edwards
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Science fiction
Starring
Scoot McNairy, Whitney Able, Mario Zuniga Benavides
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • isolation
  • love
  • fate
  • nature
Places
  • wilderness
  • road trip
  • countryside
Era
near-future
Audience
adult
Form
  • found footage
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror3
Humour2
Realism7
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama, thriller, science fiction
Directed by
Gareth Edwards
Written by
Gareth Edwards
Starring
Scoot McNairy, Whitney Able, Mario Zuniga Benavides, Annalee Jefferies, Justin Hall, Ricky Catter, Paul Archer, Kerry Valderrama
Music
Jon Hopkins
Cinematography
Gareth Edwards
Runtime
94 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
Spanish, English

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