BloodMonkey (2007) (V)

Director:

Robert Young

Writers (WGA):

George LaVoo (screenplay) and
Gary Dauberman (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

27 January 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Chimpanzee

Cast

F. Murray Abraham	...	Professor Hamilton
Matt Ryan	...	Seth
Amy Manson	...	Amy Armstrong
Matt Reeves	...	Greg Satch
Laura Aikman	...	Sydney Maas
Sebastian Armesto	...	Josh Dawson
Freishia Bomambehran	...	Dani Sudeva
Prapimporn Karnchanda	...	Chenne
Mascagni Andrea	...	Pilot
Manop Seengoen	...	Porter
Ulf Peder Johansson	...	Man 1
Anu Thureekan	...	Man 2
Thunya Suwanchatree	...	Man 3

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Thailand

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Krabi, Thailand

Company:

Thai Occidental Production Limited

Goofs:

Boom mic visible: During the scene that the documentary crew is boarding the plane, the boom mic is visible on the reflection of Greg's sunglasses.

Been there, done that, but great ending.

I watched BloodMonkey last night on the Sci-Fi Channel and was a wee bit surprised. From all I had read, this was a really, really bad movie and in many

ways it wasn't all that great, but I really liked the strange ending. First let's look at what makes it a bad movie. It seems that in the decade of the

2000's one must have a group of young people, mixed male and female, mixed races makes it politically correct, so that is a good thing, if you are into that

sort of thing. Now, these young people must be headed to a jungle, faraway island, or some other God forsaken place, where they have no business being in

the first place. Now, the cast of characters must include the following: A quite, hero type male. A dizzy blonde female. A bookish dork type. A loud-

mouth jock type. A quite, bookish, fairly good looking female who is hoping to hook up with the hero male. Some sort of adult leadership is generally

thrown in, in the form of a Professor or other Phd type. This can be a male or female, but is most likely to be male. And throw in a native guide or some

such and you have a movie crew. Matt Reeves plays Greg and he is the jock/dork/loud-mouth in BloodMonkey. I rooted for him to go as soon as possible. Ah, the blonde here is played by Laura Aikman as Sydney, who takes a make-up case and cell-phone into the deep jungle. The nerd is Josh, played by Sebastian Amesto, who all in all is not a nerdy as the nerds in other horror movies. Good job Sebastian. The girl with the camera is Danni, played by Frishia Bomambehead. She is the one to film their adventures in paradise or is it hell? You judge. The bookish, quite girl is Amy, played by Amy Manson. She is a jewel in this movie. Just cute enough and smart. Ah, now to our hero, cool guy, and all around leader. Seth is his name and he is played by Matt Ryan. Does a good job with what he has to work with. The semi-adult leader is Professor Hamilton played by F. Murray Abraham, who is an outstanding actor in his own right and must have been bored when he took

the job as the "I have a screw loose Professor." The show stealer is Chenna played by Prapimporn Kamchanda. Doesn't talk much and does a great job as the Professor's sidekick and ass kicker in general.

Bad to the bone and cute as well, what more could you ask for. Sorry, but I am partial to the Asian ladies. BloodMonkey was filmed in Krabi, Thailand and the scenery is beautiful and that is a good thing. I have given you the basic storyline without revealing too

much and if you are a fan of this genre, then you will have seen this basic layout before. I found it to be fun on a boring Saturday night and the only thing missing was the gals swimming in a river sans bathing suits. I really liked the ending. Found it to be a bit of a shocker and really wasn't expecting it, so it helped to make the whole thing worthwhile. I give it 5 out of 10 stars.