Monster Hunter Movie

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Director: Paul W.S. Anderson

Writers: Paul W.S. Anderson, Kaname Fujioka

Release Date: December 18, 2020

Language: English

REVIEW: Adapted from a video game of the same name, ‘Monster Hunter’ makes no attempt to make any more sense than that. It is a diabolical plot that revolves around Lieutenant Natalie Artemis (Milla Jovovich), who lives in the ‘real world,’ but while on a mission, a sudden storm transports her, along with her entire team, to the portal of the ‘new world.’ Here, they find the remains of the missing soldiers and their vehicles. The new world is full of gross-looking powerful monsters, who are born to wreak havoc on the mankind and kill them. It is now a suicide mission, until Lt. Artemis finds the Hunter (Tony Jaa) - a warrior, trained to hunt and kill the monsters.

From a horned, subterranean creature called Diablos to the harmless herbivores called Apceros and the fire-breathing dragon-like creature Ratholos, writer-director Paul Anderson focuses on bringing alive the imaginative new world of savages, as seen in the video game. He succeeds in doing that but at the altar of writing and execution, both of which are just enough to merit all the mindless action. Thankfully, it broadens the canvas for a stunning spectacle of visual effects and huge creatures coming at you – the kind of entertainment that is worth the big screen. So what if a strong narrative is an obvious casualty here.

Milla Jovovich’s terrific screen presence is like an oasis in a dessert of ugly monsters. She fits the bill as a lean and mean captain with a grit to survive an apocalypse-level catastrophe. Her chemistry with Tony Jaa takes off after a while, but despite the fact that Jovovich and Jaa’s interactions are more engaging, Anderson doesn’t bother giving the Hunter’s character any depth or real meaning. With Jaa’s entry, the action more than doubles, but just like the bloodbath so far, that too feels heavily orchestrated. An opportunity to fix a lot of these loose ends, is lost even when the kind-hearted Admiral (Ron Perlman)

enters the scene. As the much-anticipated final act rolls out, one is left with a mixed feeling of having seen so much death and destruction, but barely a plot to hold it all together.

All of 130 minutes, ‘Monster Hunter,’ packs in too many punches in an attempt to become an all-out action extravaganza. But for a film that tells the story of the real people, fighting the beasts of the new world, it feels a lot less thrilling than its source material. Are you game?