The plot was great up until the end (I'll get to that), the acting was decent, the effects were the right kind of cheesy and gore, the message was extremely important and they gave it to us in a way that kept you interested the entire time. The characters were pretty filled out and the pace was not too fast nor too slow. All in all an excellent movie that mixed entertainment with real world issues wonderfully.
The only issue I had was that the plot, while set up great, doesn't really go anywhere. We finally see what the big 'monster,' is and then the rest of the movie following that scene doesn't mention them on the news or anywhere which is interesting as the missing people the monsters took were constantly mentioned before we saw them. Likewise the movie sets up great, 'look at the deformed offspring oh also they kill their mothers in terrible ways,' but then the most closure we get on that is they mention it on the news. And that is about it. No removing people from the area, no keeping new people from entering the area, no mention on if the chemicals or parasites or anything were figured out. Nothing, it builds up a main plotline with a bunch of side paths and leaves all of them hanging. The ending scene as well is a mixed review. It was great shock value when you see her, 'normal,' newborn and a heartwarming moment of big brother meets baby sister with apparently nobody noticing her large birth defect, but that means mommy is gonna die soon just like the others. Since she was there for those wouldn't she be a little worried?
Worth the watch but expect to be left with questions and annoyed. Would have been a 10 if it had closed up the plot.
The only issue I had was that the plot, while set up great, doesn't really go anywhere. We finally see what the big 'monster,' is and then the rest of the movie following that scene doesn't mention them on the news or anywhere which is interesting as the missing people the monsters took were constantly mentioned before we saw them. Likewise the movie sets up great, 'look at the deformed offspring oh also they kill their mothers in terrible ways,' but then the most closure we get on that is they mention it on the news. And that is about it. No removing people from the area, no keeping new people from entering the area, no mention on if the chemicals or parasites or anything were figured out. Nothing, it builds up a main plotline with a bunch of side paths and leaves all of them hanging. The ending scene as well is a mixed review. It was great shock value when you see her, 'normal,' newborn and a heartwarming moment of big brother meets baby sister with apparently nobody noticing her large birth defect, but that means mommy is gonna die soon just like the others. Since she was there for those wouldn't she be a little worried?
Worth the watch but expect to be left with questions and annoyed. Would have been a 10 if it had closed up the plot.