Of course this movie was made by The Asylum. I mean, even the title alone screams to high Heaven of a production from The Asylum. And yeah, The Asylum certainly is known for their questionable movies and their mockbusters, but every now and again they do put a wholesome movie out there.
And of course I opted to sit down and watch "Ape vs. Mecha Ape", as I haven't seen it already, and there is just something oddly entertaining about these movies that are spewed out by The Asylum. In fact, I've seen nearly all of their movies already, though most of them have been subpar. But isn't that part of the charm that is The Asylum?
Regardless, writer and director Marc Gottlieb put together a fair enough script here, though it was of course a major cash-in on the success of "Godzilla vs. Kong" movie and an homage to the "Godzilla vs. Mecha Godzilla" movie. And it actually worked out in the traditional way that recent movies from The Asylum, as the movie proved to be entertaining enough for what it was.
Of the entire cast ensemble that participated in the movie, I was only familiar with Tom Arnold. The actors and actresses put on fair enough performances throughout the course of the movie. However, it was sort of cringeworthy why the terrorists would speak English with a thick Russian accent, but I guess they didn't have actors and actresses that actually knew how to speak Russian.
Visually then "Ape vs. Mecha Ape" was okay. Sure, this wasn't top notch multi-million dollar CGI effects that will blow you away. But then again, would you expect so from The Asylum? No, right? The effects in "Ape vs. Mecha Ape" were as they were supposed to be for a The Asylum production, and they were actually fairly good with that consideration in mind.
My rating of "Ape vs. Mecha Ape" lands on an four out of ten stars.
