After reading some press on the film Monsters a few months back, I was slightly compelled to see it, I mean, who doesn't like a good monster movie. Then I rent it on iTunes for video on demand, and instead what I get is a great monster movie, that really does not have anything to do with exploiting monsters at all. As the concept goes, a satellite crashes from orbit over central Mexico, carrying an alien lifeform(s), which over the course of six years, causes the US to essentially wall off themselves from central to northern Mexico to protect themselves from the creatures. The true plot for the film follows an American photographer (played by a very capable Scoot McNairy) who must escort his boss' daughter (Whitney Able) from the heart of what is labeled an "infected zone", back to US soil. After missing a ferry that will take them back safely to American shores leaves without them, it is up to the two to trek through the most dangerous parts of the country (post-invasion) to return.
