Ok first off, lets get this out of the way, I have seen a lot worse monster of the week movies than this, a heck of a lot worse but that is by no means a glowing endorsement.
The effects and camera work in this film are fairly decent, the monster looks cool and is actually a man in a well made suit instead of cheap, shoddy, CGI.
The acting is.....Passable, I guess.
The music is generic as hell and I couldn't help but get 'Doom' on a low budget vibes from the whole thing.
What really cheesed me off with this was the awful dialogue which feels like it was written by a young boy, some of it is downright cringe worthy.
There's also a massive over reliance on slow motion shots for pretty much any scene in the film that has the slightest bit of action, it's almost like it was directed by someone who's obsessed with cheesy 1990's straight to DVD action flicks. It's really distracting because it's so used so much. I think if you played the action scenes at normal speed, you'd end up with a 45 minute film.
The monster, although fairly impressive to look at, get way too little screen time and the build up takes far too long for it to be interesting.
All in all, a fairly generic, quite dull monster movie that does have it's moments, but despite looking well made, it still feels a bit amateurish.
A million times better than most things that the SYFY channel or the Asylum do though, so I will give it that.
Some people with lower expectations than me will probably enjoy this but it's one I won't be watching again unfortunately, although it doesn't offend me like say, 25 headed shark attack or Sharktopus vs Freddy Kruger vs Godzilla takes on the New York Yankies would :)
The effects and camera work in this film are fairly decent, the monster looks cool and is actually a man in a well made suit instead of cheap, shoddy, CGI.
The acting is.....Passable, I guess.
The music is generic as hell and I couldn't help but get 'Doom' on a low budget vibes from the whole thing.
What really cheesed me off with this was the awful dialogue which feels like it was written by a young boy, some of it is downright cringe worthy.
There's also a massive over reliance on slow motion shots for pretty much any scene in the film that has the slightest bit of action, it's almost like it was directed by someone who's obsessed with cheesy 1990's straight to DVD action flicks. It's really distracting because it's so used so much. I think if you played the action scenes at normal speed, you'd end up with a 45 minute film.
The monster, although fairly impressive to look at, get way too little screen time and the build up takes far too long for it to be interesting.
All in all, a fairly generic, quite dull monster movie that does have it's moments, but despite looking well made, it still feels a bit amateurish.
A million times better than most things that the SYFY channel or the Asylum do though, so I will give it that.
Some people with lower expectations than me will probably enjoy this but it's one I won't be watching again unfortunately, although it doesn't offend me like say, 25 headed shark attack or Sharktopus vs Freddy Kruger vs Godzilla takes on the New York Yankies would :)