Horror Entertainer Worth A Watch

Rating: 8/10 (13 October 2017)

I was thoroughly entertained by this movie. There's not a single moment that drags - it keeps you hooked from the word go. The choice of cast was good, perhaps the only weaker choices I felt were Tom Hiddleston as a skilled British tracker and John Reilly as a World War 2 pilot. They do justice to their roles but somehow I felt they weren't really the best choices to don them. Samuel Jackson breezes through in a negative role. What I really liked was how many actors in the movie(the two teams that go in to discover the island) get well etched roles with a good dose of humor in the midst of the horror around them. The visuals of the island are beautifully captured and the effects are equally first rate. The good(Tom Hiddleston & team), the bad(Samuel Jackson & team) and the terrible(the beasts of the island) come together and give us our ticket's worth of entertainment(there may be plot holes but who cares?) Verdict - watch it for the humor, visuals & nearly 2 hours worth of man vs beast action.