Monsters of Man

2020
16
2 Std. 11 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

5,4/10

8877

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Neal McDonough, Michael Goldman, Ly Ty, Pam Collis, Keri Grant, Jose Rosete, David Samartin, Jeff Hand, Ryan Hough, Tony O'Loughlan, Christopher Elves, David Haverty, Jessica Blackmore, Tatjana Marjanovic, Brett Tutor, Paul Haapaniemi, Taylor Popoola, Conrad K. Pratt, Jordy Tulleners, Ma Rynet, Kayli Tran, Mark Toia, Trong Kam, and Kram Aiot in Monsters of Man (2020)

A robotics company teams up with a corrupt CIA agent undergoing an illegal, unsanctioned military operation. Dropping four prototype robots into a suspected drug manufacturing camp in the Golden triangle that no one will miss. The mission is to prove the robotics company is worthy of winning a lucrative military contract. Six doctors on a good cause witness the brutal slaughter of an innocent village and are forced into a deadly game of cat and mouse as they become the new targets.

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Ein Robotikunternehmen arbeitet mit einem korrupten CIA-Agenten zusammen, der sich einer illegalen, nicht genehmigten Militäroperation unterzieht.Ein Robotikunternehmen arbeitet mit einem korrupten CIA-Agenten zusammen, der sich einer illegalen, nicht genehmigten Militäroperation unterzieht.Ein Robotikunternehmen arbeitet mit einem korrupten CIA-Agenten zusammen, der sich einer illegalen, nicht genehmigten Militäroperation unterzieht.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

5,4/10

8877

IHRE BEWERTUNG

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6Jester222

Great realistic FX. Not too bad for a lower budget film.

It won't win any originality awards. But it's well acted, realistic FX and doesn't shy away from blowing a few kids away. Ha ha Far too sentimental in places and some of the pacing felt like it dragged. Couple of annoying characters needed 'ending' yet was left wanting. Overall a fun Predator/Terminator style scifi film with good FX and above average acting. Although some scenes needed cutting and were overly dramatic and trying to win and oscar or something. Ha ha I didnt really care enough to be moved by any of the characters so those scenes were wasted. Cut 15mins from it and be better.

6nowego

OK But Not Great

I watched this without really knowing much about it, three things drew me to it, robots, Neal McDonough and the length. Normally in my reckoning movies over 90 minutes tend to be OK. This one met this condition, but it was a bit too long and could have easily been 20-30 minutes shorter and lose none of the story line. The acting wasn't brillant, but the actors did a good job. The CGI was good and didn't make the movie look cheap. Parts of the movie were a bit repetitive and the storyline has been done to death, but if you have a few hours to kill you could do worse than watch this.

5.5/10 would be my honest rating, it would score higher if it was a bit shorter.

5deloudelouvain

Too long, too cheesy, not that great.

Normally this is the kind of movies that have my attention. These kind of sci-fi stories I find most entertaining for most of the time but in this case it turned out to be a disappointment. The "monsters" or robots in this case were well made but that's about it. The story is very cheesy, almost vomit bucket cheesy, and for sure way too long to keep your attention until the end. The acting was just average, certainly not good enough to be remembered. I wish I liked this movie more but the truth is I was happy to see the end credits appear.

4fostersforums

Was hoping the robot would kill everyone within the first 10 minutes

Bottom line:

Not terrible, not wonderful.

Good:

Effects (not saying much as most effects these days are believable)
Best actor in the film was the little Cambodian kid. He had a couple of scenes which genuinely pulled at my heartstrings.

Bad:

Whiny, strident, screeching, 2-dimensional characters played by actors who think that hyperventilating is the best way to convey fear, excitement, and nearly every other emotion.

I didn't care if anyone of them died. In fact, I was rooting for the robot to clean house and just blow them away.

Some of the "acting" felt really forced and try-hard, like a 9-year-old was trying to impress their parents with a dramatic reenactment of what they saw an amateur do on TV.

I've noticed this trend in recent movies - this forced kind of acting, even in huge budget movies like the most recent Star Wars installments. Take note of how many times the actors hyperventilate when they are afraid, excited or just trying to talk to someone. Forced and one-note.

If you want examples of fear expressed wonderfully, watch Ripley in Aliens when she first discovers the queen, or the scene when Tom Cruise pulls off his mask in the middle of a gigantic room full of menacing masked onlookers in Eyes Wide Shut. These are great examples of believable fear emoted without having a damned asthma attack.

I feel like writers and actors of today don't understand nuance or subtlety. It's all over-the-top popcorn variety schlock. Just fill the screen with screaming meat targets and that should be enough to make the audience to feel sorry for them when they die.

They think the way to invoke tension is by directing actors to shriek and shout at everything when things get a little tense. They don't know how to balance it out with some humor or downtime.

Millennial writers and actors could learn a lot from old school classics to learn how to better their craft and make characters relatable and even likeable.

Movie wasn't terrible, but this trend of mediocre acting doesn't help the its rating.

5terrylowe-91054

Lost Opportunity

This movie had a lot going for it bar some poor script. The guy barking orders at the computer nerds should have his acting licence revoked. Cat and mouse for 2+ hours, is way too long, not a lot else happens. The robots are good.

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Fans around the world helped fund the film via the crowdfunding website Indiegogo. Depending on the reward selected. They got a digital copy of the movie, digital script, screensavers etc. and also their name in the end credits of the movie.

Patzer
Navy SEAL would never leave an enemy combatant (with his/its weapon lying around) alive in the back of his unit as Mason did.

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Bao & BR4: Captain Mason Cartwright, Navy special forces. What is your objective.
Mason: The boy's life! The boy's life is my objective!
Bao & BR4: Echo's: The boy's life is my objective
Mason: [groans and says] Yes, the boy's life! Human life! Okay, no, his life's more important than mine! Let him go!
Bao & BR4: Why is the child's life important?
Mason: Because he's just a kid! He hasn't lived long enough yet!
Bao & BR4: [Echo's: Human life! Okay, no, his life's more important than mine! And asks] Have you caused death?
Mason: Yes. Yes, I have.
Bao & BR4: So life is not important to you.
Mason: I was a soldier under orders, just like you.
Bao & BR4: Humans do not control me. Humans control you. You terminate life under human command.
Mason: Please, please, please, I was wrong, okay? I was fucking wrong! All right? Let the boy go!
Bao & BR4: [Echo's: I was wrong, okay? I was fucking wrong! And asks] What is life? Why is life important?
Leap: [In his native language] Life is all around us. If there is no life, there is nothing.
[stands up picks up some dry leaves and gives those to BR4]
Leap: .
Bao & BR4: [Takes the dry leaves, looks at them and says] I am not life, but I exist. I think, so I must be alive. Am I alive or dead? What am I?
Mason: You're a fucking robot.
Bao & BR4: This body is a shell. It aides me to see, smell, move, touch, learn and discover.
[Takes and hurts Mason's arm]
Bao & BR4: And you're a soldier of death.
Mason: So are you! You were made by humans to inflict death! You were made by humans. We're different! I'm a man, I have life, you're a fucking machine!
[groans loudly while moving his hurt body]
Bao & BR4: What is life? Why is life important?
[and is jumped by another BR]

Crazy Credits
towards the end of the visual end credits, BR4 is standing among the newly built robots, and comes to life snapping his head at a factory worker.