Monsters of Man

 

Monsters of Man

 

The CIA is making a backdoor deal with

 an AI company that built robots for the purpose of ground combat. In order to find out how well these bad boys work, they are dropped into the Golden Triangle as a test to stop the opium process with maximum efficiency. As soon as one of these machines becomes self-aware, this rapid process goes from bad to worse

Insider information: work is a difficult thing to do on a modest budget. Unlike most other genres, an action movie cannot survive if it looks and is cheap. The characters and the story are important, but the scenery is to sell, which is why when a smaller budget flick manages to pull it off, you usually hear about it. Well, I just watched human monsters, and I can tell you that everyone sleeps on them. Brave, mean, and intense, human monsters is a prime example of how to do the job right

Things are a bit ambitious as we have several storylines at once. We have the wonderful Neil McDonough as a CIA agent running the illegal operation, and the team on the ground is conducting the test (Hogg, Havert, Blackmore). The drug village, filled with more than just hardened criminals, is the target area. This hits its sweet spot when the focus is between the tech nerds who are at the deep end of an unwinnable situation and the village with the kids, ex-soldier, and lost human doctors who are in the wrong place at the wrong time. The heart of human monsters is with innocent bystanders who are trying to survive in an impossible situation and programmers who need to own their ultimate role in this. Mark Toya separates humanoid monsters from other killer robot films because of the gray area in which he places his characters. Sometimes the doctor's group allows their ego to put them in unnecessary harm or how the bad guys are more or less reasonable in their demands. Everyone here works in the Gray of cases, and it helps to preserve this from any" been there, done that " territory. I was rooting for Programmer Kruger (David Haverty), who didn't quite steal every scene with his clever and relatable gestures (I loved his disdain for dampness) but realized that they would be complicit in the real quick kill and shut down the f* * * ing freak to save his skin. Jose Rossetti plays a therapist, a bowler, a support on the floor, and although he "sucks," I ended up falling in love with his no-nonsense approach. He pricked hard and made me chuckle more than I should have. Keep up the excellent work, rosette

The real cure is how well the robots perform. For a self-funded flick, this is some of the best Android CGI I've seen in years. It looks physically Heavy, is influenced by the terrain, rests on its design. Things are always tense all the time because early on, these slaughter robots were created as almost indestructible and deadly as hell. Things get violent when it's time to clean the house and eliminate all witnesses. There are few gory scenes that show how cool and accurate these robots are. No one is safe, women, children, or our cast of characters down on their luck. Things are somewhat unpredictable. I tried to guess who will live or die, and I ended up wrong more than once. Any downside to this? Neil McDonough is underutilized and spends all the time in the office. He is excellent at barking orders and commands at every scene where he is, but I wish he would participate more in the action. Clocking in at over two hours, monsters man repeats some of the same story beats as you just run and hide for a long time before you become less invested in the safety of the characters. This went on for a very long time and he could have used some trimming and punching here and there. Nothing too big gets in the way and does not hinder the overall experience. As a debut feature for writer-director Mark Toya, I'm still impressed, flaws and all. Yes, it would have helped a little tighter, but I still like the tale being told

Gore: this does not hinder. We get a smashed face, a smashed head and enough bullet wounds to make Paul Verhoeven proud

Bottom line: the human beast is mean, brave and ruthless. An action-packed science fiction film that doesn't shy away from the victims of war. For a small budget flick, director Mark Toya proves once and for all that if you spend your money wisely, a big CGI can be achieved. Monsters of man is an excellent end of year surprise that fills that bold, unwavering dose of action I'm sorely missing these days. Give this puppy an hour, turn up the volume loudly, get a good drink to sip. Trust me. You will have a great time

A group of robots are deployed in a country where they are not supposed to be in the first trailer for monsters of men

In a terrifying vision of artificial intelligence, the upcoming film focuses on the consequences of unrestrained power and robots that have advanced beyond human control

When a corrupt CIA agent (Neil McDonough) teams up with a robotics company to deploy an illegal and unauthorized military operation, the plan is to drop four prototype robots into a suspected drug manufacturing camp in the Golden Triangle that no one will miss

The task is to prove that the robotics company deserves to win a lucrative military contract, but everything goes horribly wrong when six American volunteer doctors witness the brutal massacre of an innocent village and are forced to a deadly cat-and-mouse game when they become the next targets
Monsters of men, also starring Jose rosette, Jessica Blackmore, and Kylie Tran, will be available on digital platforms on December 8