Think H.P. Lovecraft meets Godzilla flick and you got this crazy & intense monster movie

Rating: 9/10 (18 January 2008)

Okay, let me just start out by saying that if you're expecting some kinda cheesy premise equating to the old school 'guy in a rubber suit knocking down a model of a city flick' then you have no idea what you're about to see.
While yes, its true that there is a giant terrible thing destroying Manhattan this is way different than anything you've seen before. As I was watching this at the midnight showing last night at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin I felt very much pulled into what was going on. First off, the way the entire film is shot is through the perspective of someone that was filming goodbye greetings at a party and then madness ensues and he keeps on filming. So, the cinematography has a'Blair Witch' kind of jumpiness but there is much more going on than just trees and whatnot in the background so the effect comes off as cool and realistic and not nauseating.
Also, there is never an explanation as to what's going on or why this is happening or where this thing came from or why its so freaking angry. Which is awesome. It just adds to the realism, well, it goes miles I should say in making you believe that the horrible things going on might actually happen. So, what's going on and why is a mystery and is never revealed throughout the course of the flick.
Now, for the best part, the monster, or monsters. You won't see a giant lizard or gorilla here. Think more along the lines of the H.P. Lovecraft tomes where horrible, massive, ancient, demon god-things awake from an timeless evil slumber and set about inflicting their wretched, savage and merciless brutality on an unsuspecting world. That's what I interpreted this thing to be. Several times throughout the flick I saw glimpses of other things besides the main flailing, howling nightmare beast of destruction. Brief glimpses of massive tentacles with fleshy fin-claws and other things huge and unimaginable. So, even though we're only shown 1 nightmare thing I think that there were more but the guy filming only captured this one.
Online movie gurus might debate me on this but I know what I saw, you should check it out and see for yourself. But, in a nutshell, this was one helluva a kick ass movie. Never seen anything like it and the whole approach to making it was awesome You gotta check this out.