Monsters

This riveting sci-fi adventure follows a photojournalist (Scoot McNairy) who agrees to escort a tourist (Whitney Able) through a quarantined area of Mexico, where the American and Mexican militaries struggle to contain alien creatures that were left behind from a space-probe accident., British director Gareth Edwards’ widely lauded ultra-low budget sci-fi adventure-cum-romance stars Whitney Able and Scoot McNairy. Six years after a NASA space probe containing samples of alien life crash-landed in northern Mexico, the extraterrestrials have flourished, growing into huge, dangerous creatures and making the territory up to the US border their own. The area is now called the Infected Zone and is visited only by people possessing a death wish. Further south, in Central America, photojournalist Andrew Kaulder is instructed by his wealthy boss to urgently escort the man’s daughter, Samantha Wynden, back to the States, where her fiancé awaits her. Unhappy at the prospect, Kaulder complies, taking her to a port in southern Mexico, whence they can take a boat back home. But when their passports and valuables are stolen, their only chance of getting back to America in time is to take the direct, overland route – straight through the Infected Zone. Edwards not only directed the award-winning movie, but also wrote the script, created the special effects and production design, and was its cinematographer. And the chemistry between the two leads isn’t entirely down to acting – the pair married shortly after the shoot ended., Two people who barely know one another are thrown into otherworldly danger in this independent thriller. Andrew Kaulder (Scoot McNairy) is an American photojournalist on assignment in Mexico at a time when working there has become unusually dangerous — after a NASA space probe crash-landed not far from the American border, alien creatures that made their way into the satellite were released, and have since thrived in Northern Mexico. Now the area is regarded as an “infected zone,” where the aliens (who resemble giant squids) have been contained but move about freely, sometimes attacking humans who cross their paths. While working on a project, Kaulder’s publisher contacts him to ask a big favor; his daughter Samantha (Whitney Able) has been traveling outside the United States, and would appreciate an escort from Southern Mexico to California. Not wanting to anger his boss, Kaulder agrees and books passage on a ferry that travels through a safe zone. But bad timing, bad luck, and some foolish choices by Kaulder prevent him and Samantha from catching the ship, and now they have to travel through alien territory with the help of some armed guards, hoping to avoid contact with the bloodthirsty creatures. Monsters was the first feature film from special effects artist-turned-director Gareth Edwards., An American photojournalist agrees to escort a tourist through a quarantined area of Mexico, where the US and Mexican militaries struggle to contain alien creatures that were left behind from a space-probe accident., An American photojournalist agrees to escort a tourist through a quarantined area of Mexico, where the American and Mexican militaries struggle to contain alien creatures that were left behind from a space-probe accident.