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article2017 Reviews,A coming of age story paired with a sci-fi monster flick and lots of tentacles. But how good can a movie with the title Monster Trucks really be?
Genre: Action/Comedy/Sci-Fi
Director: Chris Wedge
Cast: Lucas Till, Jane Levy, Rob Lowe, Thomas Lennon, Barry Pepper, Holt McCallany, Frank Whaley, Tucker Albrizzi, Jedidiah Goodacre, Samara Weaving, Amy Ryan & Danny Glover.
Run Time: 105 min.
US Release: 13 January 2017
UK Release: 26 December 2016
German Release: 26 January 2017
Info: So, I haven’t written anything for a long while, and I apologise to anyone who followed my posts. I needed to take some time off from writing reviews. I am currently trying to catch up on all the movies I saw this year, beginning with this one as I already had the review finished.
Well here is a big surprise, this teenie-monster flick is actually better than xXx 3! Who on Earth would have thought that? I mean with a title like Monster Trucks, that stars tentacled squid-like monsters, who feed on oil and power trucks driven by teenagers, I surely thought that the worst movie of the year had arrived early this year… well, the joke is on me. Don’t get me wrong, this ain’t a good picture at all but it is better than I expected when I entered the theatre and I need to give it credit for that.
Well here is a big surprise, this teenie-monster flick is actually better than xXx 3! Who on Earth would have thought that? I mean with a title like Monster Trucks, that stars tentacled squid-like monsters, who feed on oil and power trucks driven by teenagers, I surely thought that the worst movie of the year had arrived early this year… well, the joke is on me. Don’t get me wrong, this ain’t a good picture at all but it is better than I expected when I entered the theatre and I need to give it credit for that.
Monster Trucks revolves around high school senior Trip Coley (Till), a divorcee child and troublemaker, who works in a junkyard to be able to afford a car and leave the small town he is living in. The town is funded by the evil oil corporation Terravex, who accidentally drill into an underground ecosystem to get to the oil, setting free a couple of squid-like monsters. Hunted by the corporation’s main henchman (McCallany) Trip and the monster, who he names Creech, become unlike comrades, with the creature acting as the engine for his rusty old truck. Both are being helped by Trip’s classmate and tutor Meredith (Levy), who has a secret crush on him.
The script was written by Derek Connolly and it is the first live action movie directed by Chris Wedge, regisseur of animations such as Ice Age and Robots. The plot is nothing out of the ordinary, it as a coming of age tale aimed at children and young adults rather than grown-ups, but it was fairly capably written and made for a good disposable flick. It contains the clichéd plot points every coming of age movie has: A rebellious teenager who feels misunderstood by the world but has a heart of gold, his secret admirer who tries to hide her crush on him, a goofy kid trying to be his best friend and a villain the rebel teen needs to defeat, to finally unlock his true potential and realise what he truly wants in life.
All of this is wrapped in a silly monster-comedy, and while it is competently written, there are movies out there that definitely did it a better job at it and added more heart and effort into the story. The comedy is silly and rather childish, meaning that at least for grown-ups won't find it that funny, although, I don’t believe that teenagers or older kids will find it that humorous either.
Lucas Till plays Trip Coley who, as I just mentioned, is a troubled teenager who doesn’t seem to find his place in town. His parents are divorced and he is living with his mom, portrayed by Ryan and his stepdad Rick (Barry Pepper), who is the sheriff in town. There isn’t given a lot of screen time to his relationship with his mother, but he is very disrespectful to his stepdad for no reason. Rick seems like a good guy, if not a little weird and inane. Then there is Meredith, played by Jane Levy. She is obviously crazy in love with Trip for no good reason, because he treats her like garbage over half of the films runtime, thus giving the whole romance an unhealthy feeling.
Rob Lowe portrays the evil owner of the corporate oil company, his character doesn’t offer much else other than being a despicable person for evil’s sake. Holt McCallany depicts the head of some sort of mercenary group working for the corporation. This guy just maws people down front, left and right (or at least it looks like he does), simply for the fun. And finally, there is Thomas Lennon as the “evil” scientist, who works for Terravex.
Honestly said, all portrayals are all right and there isn’t really one I would call absolutely terrible, but there also isn’t true character development and all actors just seem to give their minimum best.
As far as the effects go, they are moderate at best. The creatures looked OK but were also very cartoonish and some of the action scenes with the trucks didn’t convince and simply looked fake. The filmmakers also overused the slow-mo effects to a point where it simply became annoying. The music made use of the pop songs that were popular with teenagers and younger kids during the time of shooting.
Thank you for reading my review, and be aware that I will be catching up with all movies I watched in 2017.
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