Director:
Paul W.S. AndersonGuión:
Paul W.S. AndersonCámara:
Glen MacPhersonMúsica:
Paul HaslingerReparto:
Milla Jovovich, Tony Jaa, Ron Perlman, Meagan Good, Diego Boneta, T.I., Josh Helman, Jannik Schümann, Nanda Costa, Jin Au-Yeung, Schelaine Bennett, Nic Rasenti (más)Streaming (3)
Sinopsis(1)
Detrás de nuestro mundo, hay otro: un mundo de peligrosos y poderosos monstruos que reinan en su dominio con una ferocidadmortal. Cuando una inesperada tormenta de arena transporta a la teniente Artemis (Milla Jovovich) y a su unidad (TI Harris, Meagan Good, Diego Boneta) a un nuevo mundo, los soldados se sorprenden al descubrir que ese desconocido y hostil entorno es el hogar de enormes y aterradores monstruos que son inmunes a su potencia de fuego. En su desesperada batalla por la supervivencia, la unidad se encuentra con un misterioso cazador (Tony Jaa), cuyas habilidades unicas le permiten plantar cara a las peligrosas criaturas. A medida que Artemis y el cazador ganan confianza, ella descubre que él es parte de un equipo liderado por el Almirante (Ron Perlman). Enfrentándose a un peligro tan grande que podría amenazar con destruir su mundo, los valientes guerreros combinan sus habilidades únicas para unirse en la última batalla. (Sony Pictures Esp.)
(más)Reseñas (12)
Ya el pelo y el maquillaje de Ron Perlman en la escena inicial insinúa de qué va la cosa. Pero luego todo mejora en la película. Un videojuego de ultra serie B con una trama completamente primitiva, todo con carácter de placer culpable admitido, que entretiene. Como en el humor explícito y seco, que me hizo reír más aquí que en la mayoría de las comedias forzadas. Y con unos efectos visuales de los que pocas producciones de la lista A de Hollywood pueden presumir (una precuela de Godzilla vs. Kong). Por lo demás, Paul W.S., por supuesto, lo roba todo desde Aliens hasta Dune (o bien Transformers o Star Wars) y El Señor de los Anillos, a veces de forma descarada (unos guerreros caminando por un puente de piedra hacia la montaña del infierno, cubierto de lava ardiente) que es más una declaración de amor por lo que ama que desorientación creativa. Por otro lado, los propios monstruos son lujosos y la dinámica visual de las acciones es elaborada. Y hay muchos. Es una pelea tras otra. Además de buenas localizaciones. Aun así, tomen mi tercera estrella con prudencia, la doy por un sonido hechizante. Mi vecino de abajo está de vacaciones, así que estoy ejecutando un Atmos en el salón con un subwoofer sin silenciar. Y casi lo logro con esta película.
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The coronavirus has made me miss a lot of things, but mindless CGI blockbusters like this is certainly not one of them. It can hardly be considered a movie, Paul W.S. Anderson has stopped making them, now he makes expensive long videos where his wife can play the action heroine, that’s the only reason why Monster Hunter exists. Seeing Ton Jaa and Ron Pearlman contributing to this in their less than dignified roles is just sad.
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Milla Jovovich and Paul W.S. Anderson may be done with Resident Evil and zombies, but their Monster Hunter is more or less the same thing. Only there are dragons and dinosaurs, but otherwise this duo once again serves up solid action wrapped in a very contrived and uninteresting story with characters you'll be glad you remembered their name. Unfortunately, the decent action loses out on points to an uninteresting story and boring characters. But perhaps that's all one can expect from Anderson.
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Paul W.S. Anderson sure knows how to turn total nonsense into something entertaining. It’s absurd to the max, but I have to admit, it kinda worked for me. A complete brainless thrill ride.
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I'm satisfied. I got what the trailer promised. An hour and a half long epic battle between Milla Jovovich, Tony Jaa and monsters. There is action from start to finish, the visuals are awesome, the soundtrack is intense, the monsters look great (quite possibly the best dragon on screen ever), and there are two badass scenes (the spiders!). I didn't miss a more interesting story that would have slowed down the pace. Dramas come out ten a week, but such an epic monster slaughter comes out only once a year and I definitely find this more enjoyable to watch than self-absorbed arthouse crap. Maybe switching the desert location for a jungle wouldn't have been a bad idea, but otherwise I really don't know what else an adaptation of a game that's about nothing but action and monsters has to offer; the film certainly doesn't disappoint in that regard, and to only have 12 percent more than the ultra cheap shit Sharknado is absolutely laughable. Anyone who likes monsters, action and likes to have fun at the movies can't be disappointed. Story**, Action****, Humor** Violence**, Funniness****, Music****, Visuals*****, Atmosphere****, Suspense***. 7.5/10.
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The biggest gadgeteer of genre cinema has again come up with a delightfully childish and ostentatiously formalistic flick. Anderson’s films can evoke the innocent amusement and wonder that we experienced in childhood when we first encountered genre spectacle. However, that does not mean that he works with nostalgia. On the contrary, his work – in terms of overall style and the formalistic treatment of individual sequences and shots – reaches a level of avant-garde that goes beyond most conventionally staid Hollywood blockbusters. Whereas those are childishly immature in their flattery of fans, would-be seriousness and false depth, Anderson remains idiosyncratically childlike and playful. Grouches will always look condescendingly down their noses at his films, but they will also never see the true delight in his movies. Monster Hunter is a typically pure action fantasy in Anderson’s style, where straightforwardness, spectacle and unrealism become superlatives. As is typical of the master, part of the joy is how Anderson works with video-game elements and finds formalistic and narrative equivalents for them, and how Mila Jovovich perfectly personifies the ethos of his films. In comparison with his previous projects, we also see gratifying progress in the merging of physical and digital attractions, which confirms the fact that Anderson reflects contemporary trends while also forging his own path in the cinema of spectacle.
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Quite entertaining hogwash with a nicely OTT finale. The monsters look really great, the action is easy to follow and is a dream come true for little fans of fantasy who love dragons and dinosaurs. Anderson is a B-movie director to a T and he gets great joy out of making this sort of thing with Mila. It’s interesting to see how they steal things from the "Dark Tower" saga by Stephen King (the parallel worlds, and the Tower that unites them; come on, now - give it a rest!). It’s dumb as anything, Ron Perlman has awful hair, the relationship between the heroine and Tony Jaa is really shaky, but it’s bearable. It isn’t so much about people anyhow.
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Despite Ron Perlman's hairstyle and Paul W.S. Anderson's reputation, it’s not bad! I believed in Milla Jovovich more than when she is among zombies, the action scenes were great, I have nothing to complain about in terms of the special effects, and I was pleasantly surprised by the number of monsters. The biggest weakness of the film, however, is that it was obviously created mainly so that another part could be made, because a lot of things would remain unresolved, and although I enjoyed the desert-like, literally horrible stay, in the end I just had to ask: What was it all for? I wouldn't think I'd write this after a Resident Evil mess, but this time I will - I'd quite like Anderson to make a sequel.
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As awful as it can be. I should probably admire the reluctant development of a cinematic (and purely blockbuster) speech that rejects action set-pieces, but everything in it is so laughable. There isn’t a hint of a story, there characters are bland and have shallow to stupid interactions, the pace goes from frantic to boring and, on top of that, it has the most ramshackle concept of a dual fictional world cinema has ever seen. As a bizarre showcase of every possible source of inspiration (mainly video games, of course) and timeless narrative tropes, it is certainly unique, but as a well crafted fantasy adventure the only thing worthy in it are the decent visuals. An incredibly shabby and unfocused film that has seen no equal in its weight category. 25%
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Monster Hunter offers a decent show from the audiovisual point of view with nice locations and generally good and imaginative looking monsters, but the script it's not such a hit parade, which is to be expected considering the director. I've never played the game, so I can't judge to what extent the film sticks to the source material, but plot-wise it felt like a patchwork of other stories: Tremors, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Jurassic Attacks (or a light version of Jurassic Park), Riddick, King Kong and 300, and I'm sure there would be other bits and pieces. The "cat" character went completely beyond my comprehension, but whatever. For one viewing with your brain turned off, Monster Hunter is an ideal and unpretentious choice for an evening. Sort of.
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What could I have expected? Paul W.S. Anderson and his significant other once again decided to make a film where the main heroine is the badass Jovovich, who takes down all the monsters that stand in her way. If this concept sounds familiar, yes, Resident Evil was built on a similar premise, except for one thing (swap "monsters" for "zombies"). To be fair, the film can be quite entertaining at times and the visuals aren’t among the worst (the monsters surprisingly look decent, and the CGI is acceptable), but the story, oh, the story. Within a few training sessions with Tony Jaa, the marine captain transforms into an invincible fighter who isn’t intimidated by monsters as tall as skyscrapers (like... what?). Ron Perlman must have mixed up his casting, as his presence felt out of place (why does he need this?). The ending with the army is probably the best part, along with the spider nest (this spider scene reminded me of Anderson’s early directing days, when he made Event Horizon, which at least had some atmosphere). It’s truly the most average entertainment you can choose to watch. For me, it’s 5/10. P.S. After watching the film, I definitely don’t want to try the game :D
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A real washout, unfortunately not in a good way. From the narrative techniques, to the portrayal of the characters, to the technical execution, it's average at best, in objective terms more like below average. Milla Jovovich is likewise bland and flat in her performance like in Resident Evil; here, unfortunately, it's a lot of severed limbs worse. I felt a slight glimmer of hope at the beginning, when it started out as a military survival film (though the dialogue awfully grated on the ears), but after the transition into the "fantasy world" there wasn't really much to praise about it. That is to say, nothing at all. [30%]
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