Review of Monsters: Dark Continent (2014) by Jason B — 10 Apr 2015

Too much war, not enough monsters.. just like the first film, always a different story than the title...

This review of Monsters: Dark Continent (2014) was written by Jason B on 10 Apr 2015.

Monsters: Dark Continent has generally received negative reviews.

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A desert-set, men-on-a-mission movie complete with jabbering jihadis, macho hysteria and the occasional extraterrestrial waving its tentacles…

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By David N. Butterworth (570) for Movie Boeuf (266) on 29 Oct 2015

Monsters are few and far between, and Dark Continent was an offensive name given to Africa by 19th century Europeans, so why exactly this film…

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