I would give this film one star only, were it not for the monsters, which I thought were kind of cool, though not very original, and the CGI is not exactly top notch.
The film is poorly written and directed, though. It wants to be a horror comedy, with a tone similar to Shaun of the dead. But the jokes are never funny and the action scenes with the monsters are tedious and a wasted opportunity.
I have no idea why the film makes so little sense. It is as if they weren't even trying. For instance, in order to prevent panic, they don't even tell the locals there are monsters around. How dumb is that? Also, since the monsters are allergic to alcohol, they get everyone to drink crazy amounts of booze. But it is established that while the monsters won't swallow them, they will still kill them, drunk or not. So the whole idea makes zero sense. Hardly anything in the film does.
There is also a stupid anticlimax at the end, and a romance that goes nowhere.
A waste of time.
The film is poorly written and directed, though. It wants to be a horror comedy, with a tone similar to Shaun of the dead. But the jokes are never funny and the action scenes with the monsters are tedious and a wasted opportunity.
I have no idea why the film makes so little sense. It is as if they weren't even trying. For instance, in order to prevent panic, they don't even tell the locals there are monsters around. How dumb is that? Also, since the monsters are allergic to alcohol, they get everyone to drink crazy amounts of booze. But it is established that while the monsters won't swallow them, they will still kill them, drunk or not. So the whole idea makes zero sense. Hardly anything in the film does.
There is also a stupid anticlimax at the end, and a romance that goes nowhere.
A waste of time.