This is my first Paul W.S. Anderson in a while, and I am shocked to find out that his taste has not changed a bit in the last 30 years. Video quality aside, it feels like watching a direct-to-video action film from the late '90s. Monster Hunter is a franchise that could work pretty well with film adaptations, as it offers a detailed setting but gives you absolute freedom with the plot. Yet, they just went to the usual “American guys transported to a hostile world” gimmick. The action scenes are usually the only decent aspect of these films, but here they are so monotonous and repetitive that there is really nothing worth watching.
Shout by manicureVIP 4BlockedParent2021-08-26T06:43:56Z
This is my first Paul W.S. Anderson in a while, and I am shocked to find out that his taste has not changed a bit in the last 30 years. Video quality aside, it feels like watching a direct-to-video action film from the late '90s. Monster Hunter is a franchise that could work pretty well with film adaptations, as it offers a detailed setting but gives you absolute freedom with the plot. Yet, they just went to the usual “American guys transported to a hostile world” gimmick. The action scenes are usually the only decent aspect of these films, but here they are so monotonous and repetitive that there is really nothing worth watching.