Ape vs. Mecha Ape

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.

Wow. This is a masterpiece. From the incredible acting to the extraordinary cinematography, this is cinema. Another great installment in the franchise, never failing to amuse. The plot of the movie was unpredictable, jaw dropping and I must say, it was an emotional rollercoaster for everyone watching, I'm sure of it. The CGI was on point, the apes looked so real! Truly impressed with the fact that this had such a small budget. I am truly disappointed with the other reviews though, giving this cinematic marvel a 2.7/10 is unheard of. Truly disgraceful. My wife may have left me but at least I watched this benchmark for the Hollywood industry.

Seriously... Who funds garbage like this?

I just wanted to have a laugh seeing what Ape v MecaApe on Amazon prime would bring, oh man! I switched off straight after seeing the woman with the led torches, what felt like 5 mins of just her waving her arms about in communication with the very obvious amature cgi ape that appears for a couple of mere 5 seconds. Budget blown.

Someone obviously saw Kong vs Godzilla high on whatever they were smoking at the time and thought, yeah this could work

1/10 for the movie 10/10 to the pitchers who sold it to the disillusioned execs who greenlit this absolute tosh!

Ape vs Mecha Ape is yet another masterpiece from the Global Asylum team. The military makes a giant killer "Mecha" Ape in order to defend against a giant REAL ape but things go wrong and the russinas (I think) hack the robo-ape and turn it against them. So, they have to release the real giant ape to fight against their own giant robot ape. This has all the standard cheesy Asylum tropes. Their visual effects have been getting better over the last few years, but it varies from shot to shot. Tom Arnold is the only "star" I recognized in this one. I give this a solid 6 stars. It is no Sharknado, but it's pretty good for a movie in this genre.

2023 and we are still stuck with white man being the savior of the planet after a white man creates to threat to the planet. Can we ever have a movie where it's not playing up to the same old worn out nonsense that we have seen since the dawn of motion pictures? It is getting too predictable nowadays with these script writers and these movies following the same path time after time after time. Which is why I has been watching foreign films that have actors of different nationalities and offer something new to view. This was a total waste of my time and I wouldn't suggest this to be on anyone's watch list.