Overhyped

Rating: 3/10 (7 August 2018)

I had high hopes from this movie after reading the reviews however, it was a huge disappointment. Everybody is praising the concept, and it does feel fresh in the first few minutes, however, once you get to know how the monsters operate, the concept, for me, collapsed. Wouldn't it be soooo easy for the government to kill these monsters, just remotely trigger a sound and when they come, trigger a bomb blast or shoot them, from up close or from a distance. Once I applied this logic the premise stopped making sense to me. Moreover the movie is illogical on just so many levels, from the sister giving the little brother his monster attracting toy to the parents walking ahead of the kids and the youngest walking at the back, even animals don't do that. Monsters can tear the silo apart but can't do that with an old truck, the couple decide to get pregnant and despite having nine months and a permanent home, can't make a soundproof room. Only one failsafe, the fireworks. The dumb daughter with the brother on the top of the silo wants to get down to the danger right then instead of waiting in relative safety. I can go on and on and on, the list is endless and so are the illogical choices of the characters in this overhyped movie.