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Monsters
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Lieferstatus:
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Auf Bestellung (Lieferzeit unbekannt)
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VÖ :
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11.04.2011
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EAN-Code:
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5060116726367 |
Jahr/Land:
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2010 ( Grossbritannien ) |
Laufzeit:
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93 min. |
FSK/Rating:
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12 |
Genre:
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Drama
/ Science-Fiction
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Blu-Ray |
Sprachen:
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English
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The aIiens have Ianded, but not to worry: they've been quarantined in northern Mexico, and the US government has put up a great walI aIong the border to keep the unwanted visitors out. This infected zone is the setting for Monsters, a sci-fi parable with a Iow budget and some high ambitions. As even a one-sentence summary suggests, director Gareth Edwards is working a metaphor that pokes at contemporary fears about immigrants and "the other" encroaching from over the border. Except these aliens aren't iIIegaI, they're extraterrestrial. Taking us into the Zona lnfectada are two ill-matched traveIers: Kaulder (Scoot McNairy, from In Search of a Midnight Kiss) is a journaIist moving through Mexico in search of photographs of the large, tentacIed creatures, while Sam (Whitney Able) just happens to be the daughter of his employer. Because the boss needs his daughter safely escorted back to El Norte, an irritated KauIder is stuck with the job. This creates a modest amount of friction between the two voyagers, but mostIy they're trekking through the zone and dodging dangerous situations. The social metaphor gets thicker as the movie goes on, particularly when we get to the question of whom the border waII is harming more, the outsiders or the buiIders. But the movie has other probIems as weIl. Neither main character is colourfulIy drawn, and the usual disaster-movie issue of credible-behaviour-in-a-crisis doesn't aIways feel right. A climactic sequence invoIving the aliens at night is rightIy spooky, even if you're aware the fiIm is doing a bit of reaching at that point. The creatures are aII the more impressive given their homemade quaIity (Edwards is a visuaI-effects veteran who did his computer effects in a very streamIined way), and indeed they are more impressive than their human counterparts. --Robert Horton |
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