Director: Matt Reeves
Cast: Michael Stahl-David, T.J. Miller, Jessica Lucas, Mike Vogel
So far, this is my most surprising film of 2008. I went in knowing nothing about it, and came away full of admiration.
The producers made the clever decision to keep the details of this film under wraps, which of course fuelled viral internet speculation. In the end, there is no big reveal, but perhaps this is a revelation in itself.
It’s a monster movie, told entirely from the perspective of a band of people (the B-grade crew above) who happened to be there and have a handicam. It’s a bit Blair-Gojira, if you will.
Of course, this means that the tension we feel is very raw: there’s no vertigo-inducing close-ups, no strings-heavy score to tell us when to jump. We’re frightened not least because so much is unknown: like the characters, we have no idea what the monster is, where it came from, or how it can be stopped.
We have no choice but to enter into the simple human drama of a man trying to rescue the woman he loves while some thing is outdoing every Mujahid’s wildest dreams. Meanwhile, we’re treated to some awesome, terrifying set-pieces, as our heroes get caught in some army cross-fire, get a little chewed in the subway, and navigate a building whose structural integrity’s so compromised you’d swear the RTA had been tunneling underneath it.
If at all possible, catch it in the cinema for the full effect.
So far, this is my most surprising film of 2008. I went in knowing nothing about it, and came away full of admiration.The producers made the clever decision to keep the details of this film under wraps, which of course fuelled viral internet speculation. In the end, there is no big reveal, but perhaps this is a revelation in itself.
It’s a monster movie, told entirely from the perspective of a band of people (the B-grade crew above) who happened to be there and have a handicam. It’s a bit Blair-Gojira, if you will.
Of course, this means that the tension we feel is very raw: there’s no vertigo-inducing close-ups, no strings-heavy score to tell us when to jump. We’re frightened not least because so much is unknown: like the characters, we have no idea what the monster is, where it came from, or how it can be stopped.
We have no choice but to enter into the simple human drama of a man trying to rescue the woman he loves while some thing is outdoing every Mujahid’s wildest dreams. Meanwhile, we’re treated to some awesome, terrifying set-pieces, as our heroes get caught in some army cross-fire, get a little chewed in the subway, and navigate a building whose structural integrity’s so compromised you’d swear the RTA had been tunneling underneath it.
If at all possible, catch it in the cinema for the full effect.
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