"And your jokes are not funny." Diamond miners awaken the mythological giant lizard Wenchu, which feeds exclusively on humans. Two truckers Jack and Neil, who were supposed to bring explosives to the miners, and Rachel, an environmentalist who came with inspections, find themselves in the midst of a raging monster and now must find a way to destroy him before he ate them.
Here is such an unpretentious story, literally imposing on the viewer the boredom of a poorly tailored lizard and the stupidity of the heroes, and, perhaps, banalism and other unpleasant things. What is surprising is that the beginning seemed to give some hope: I was even inspired to see a group of tall men, and even among the endless snows, because in such a scenario, there should be no snot fairy tale and we could expect a confrontation between rebellious nature (as was supposed, obviously) and hard-worked people. Oh, my friend was right - my intuition to hell.
Since the monster is shown to us almost immediately, one can conclude from its appearance that it was made of plasticine. Well, for 2011, this is a real work of art, but still funny. On the other hand, there was an opportunity to get out in such a situation - instead of showing this funny rubber animal often and close-up, it was possible to somehow hide it in the dark or "pamper" the viewer with fragmentary shots in which his eyes or tail flashed. After all, it is quite clear from all this that the purpose of the film is not to surprise the viewer with a giant monster, but to show how three people tried to survive - and with this approach everything would be much better if, of course, the attempts of survival of the heroes were interesting to watch. Everywhere you look, it's a failure.
It is worth noting that at times it seemed as if the script was written “on the run” – as the filming progressed, and the actors themselves invented the lion’s share of this. Here we have a seemingly negative hero, Kruger: he is a bastard who left his comrades to die; he literally threw a man into the mouth of a monster in order to survive himself. But the next minute he is like a little boy looking for a vest, who would cry, what he is, is bad, and in fact he does not want to be. It is remarkable, of course, that remorse has come – but somehow suddenly, and not logically. For example, Rachel is a separate conversation. It seems to me that this creation was created exclusively for the female and sentimental half of the audience - there are too many snot in it, and the main character is presented too standard (however, like her beloved). Okay, Jack and Neal -- they're partners, they've worked together a lot, but what the hell did Rachel become as a family from the first minute? Are they all that hospitable? Oh yes, they all fell in love at first sight - I always forget.
That's how the development of the plot progresses - then the trio runs a little from the rubber dinosaur, then revelations like "Why did you come here / ah, and why is your heart broken?" Well, annoying. And if in the middle of the film, the dynamics saved, then by the end began such stupid things that I want to forget the film, like a terrible dream. Once in the house of Louman and Beryl, Jack and Neil shout in one voice that we need to get out. After the monster attacks, they (again in one voice) assure that there is no need to get out. Neil’s latest actions are generally stuporous (I can’t believe it’s just a grown man) – why and why did he do it? It is commendable, of course, that throughout the film Neil told how dear his comrades are, and that he will lie down with bones, but he will save them, but it is obvious that he did not shine with a special mind. At times, the heroes would make some jokes, and desperately pretend that they were not afraid of anything - think, the monster attacked and ate everyone (or maybe they did not pretend, but simply could not portray fear on their face?). The monster also turned out to be a strange character - it is said that he eats people, but half of them he just tore - there is nothing to do, probably.
In short, this is stupid, not a movie. If the plot was more or less, or the characters ran faster, coming up with ingenious plans to escape - so you could put a good assessment, closing your eyes to the dinosaur. No way. And I was a little surprised why the couple didn't kiss at the end, but my surprise quickly went away because the helicopter had arrived. Aha - at the most opportune moment arrived, which means, and should be expected from a banal and cheap kinz.
2 out of 10
I don't recommend watching.