Friday, April 22, 2022
Love & Monsters
In an attempt to prevent an “Armageddon” event, a monster apocalypse is created sending people into underground bunker colonies to survive in this sci-fi action comedy. After 7 years separated for his girlfriend Aimee & his parents, Joel (Dylan O’Brien) feels like an outsider, unpaired up like his fellow survivors, & too frozen with fear to venture out as a food forager or colony protector. But a radio call with Aimee stirs up old feelings & Joel decides to make a solo 7-day 85-mile journey to the coast to reunite with his old flame. It’s a hazardous & miraculous trip he makes with the help of a dog, 2 expert survivalists, & a robot named MAV1S. O’Brien plays quite the opposite of his “Maze Runner” portrayal but his monster encounters are shades of “Tremors”, “Mysterious Island”, & “African Queen”. This one is about searching for love & finally realizing who you love.
Alien gives it 3 “Agatha 616” stars out of 4.
