Review of Monster Trucks (2016) by Brendan N — 01 Jan 2019

Did the film fail? Yes. Was it that bad? No. Monster Trucks is not a bad film and deserves recognition by the audience it seeked. The central issue was the marketing and the high concept, both of these failed to engage the viewers.

This is an adaptation of a toyline that I played with when I was young, but it wasn't a major seller. Transformers was able to entice younger viewers with the robots, Monster Trucks has creatures that hide under vehicles.

The film attempts a storyline that works thanks to Till in the lead role. The creatures are cute and this could be one film that developes a following over the next few years. Wedge has a great history with fun concepts, look at Ice Age for an example, but he just couldn't mould a film out of the concept.

Good fun film, but one that is unrewarding. 30/12/2018.