Monsters: Dark Continent

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Monsters: Dark Continent

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Released Apr 17, 2015

1h 59m

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American soldiers in the Middle East contend with aliens and insurgents during a mission into hostile territory to extract four comrades.

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Critics Consensus

Monsters: Dark Continent lacks the fresh approach and thought-provoking subtext of its predecessor, settling instead for tired war movie clichés.

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

The sub-Apocalypse Now existential/colonial angst lacks any form of grounding, despite committed performances from the core cast who engage in much tooth-baring, breast-beating, and shouty soul-searching.

Rated: 2/5

May 4, 2015

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Geoffrey Macnab

Independent (UK)

There are some inventive moments along the way, but these are interspersed with lots of posturing, yelling and brawling.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 30, 2015

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

One to miss.

Rated: 1/5

Apr 30, 2015

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Amanda Waltz

The Film Stage

Deprived of sympathetic characters, thrills, and Edwards' skilled touch, the film makes for a disappointing follow-up to some impressive sci-fi cinema.

Rated: D+

Feb 23, 2016

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Alex Zane

The Sun (UK)

Basically it's a war movie with four or five shots of giant monsters. The film would be exactly the same without them. And the characters are underwritten and unmemorable.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 1, 2016

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David N. Butterworth

La Movie Boeuf

Monsters are few and far between, and Dark Continent was an offensive name given to Africa by 19th century Europeans, so why exactly this film is called "Monsters: Dark Continent" is anyone's guess.

Rated: 2/4

Oct 29, 2015

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Audience Member

Really enjoyed it. Saw the first one a long time ago. Although really different from the first it, it is beautifully shot and an adventure by itself.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/29/24

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J R

This is Terrance Mallick's "The Thin Red Line", but with Aliens. And monsters. Like the title tells you it is. And with a poetic narration. Beautifully shot, beautifully acted, and beautifully narrated. If you want to see what human soldiers will do when dealing with semi-hostile alien life-forms that are a result of a meteor strike, this is for you.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/12/24

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Cinephemeride [

a shaky attempt at a sequel, long, very long, very long which is more of a war film than a real science fiction film

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/13/23

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Laura G

This was the absolute worst movie I have ever seen. The writers and producers should write everyone who has ever seen this movie an apology letter. They tried to turn 8 Mile into Jarhead and turn that into Starship Troopers and just made a mess. Rarely see the aliens just guys trying to be macho and being terrible.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/12/23

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Audience Member

Well, what a waste of time. There are monsters in the film but they're used more as a prop. The characters are all extremely obnoxious. The acting was good, but the story is your standard military, USA needing to stick their noses in everything, savior complex kind of movie.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Audience Member

Here's a movie that has no idea what it wants to be. A war movie? a monster movie? A culture clash movie? The more it tried to cover all 3 interests, the less interesting it was. Actually, a very vapid and dopey movie. Waste of your time watching it.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Synopsis

American soldiers in the Middle East contend with aliens and insurgents during a mission into hostile territory to extract four comrades.

Director: Tom Green
Producer: Rory Aitken, Allan Niblo, Rupert Preston, Ben Pugh, James Richardson
Screenwriter: Jay Basu, Tom Green
Distributor: Radius TWC
Production Co: Vertigo, 42
Rating: R (Graphic War Violence|Drug Use|Nudity|Pervasive Language|Some Strong Sexual Content)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Action, Drama, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 17, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 17, 2016
Runtime: 1h 59m

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