I was suckered. Suckered by the trailer that made no secret that this was a giant monster movie. It wasn't. What it was was a tale of two people that fall in love while trying to get back home to the U.S. Now it wasn't a bad tale. The two characters were likable enough and their interactions with the residents of Mexico were interesting at times. Their journey was interrupted a bit by conflict but NOT monsters. Science fiction is more often than not an allegory anyway but if your going to sell your movie as a monster movie then you have to eventually tell that tale and your social commentary needs to play a secondary role to big monster action. Do you think people attending a romantic comedy would appreciate the movie actually being about giant monsters?

As it is the monsters appear for about 10 minutes and when they do they are shrouded in dark grainy or distant shots that hide their quality. And yes the movie was made for a shoestring budget which explains this.

Look this movie is about the current immigration policy of the U.S. and it is frankly heavy-handed. When the two alien monsters "embrace" it's pretty clear that the makers of this movie are trying to relay that illegal immigrants are just like the people of the U.S. and that Americans are the real monsters for denying others the ability to cross the border. Of course this message came complete with the obligatory kick in the crotch about suburban Americans being blind to the plight of others which is an overreaching assumption and a lazy oversimplification. You're much better off watching a documentary critical of immigration policy if you're looking to reaffirm your stance on that position than you are watching this movie. Monster movie nerds like me are just going to go away mad for paying $10 and not seeing giant monsters no matter what it is you want to get off your chest. --whit Sunday October 31 2010 8:15:56 AM