Monsters: Dark Continent

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Monsters: Dark Continent

R

2015

1h 59m

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

Action

Drama

Horror

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American soldiers in the Middle East contend with aliens and insurgents during a mission into hostile territory to extract four comrades.

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Critics Consensus

Monsters: Dark Continent lacks the fresh approach and thought-provoking subtext of its predecessor, settling instead for tired war movie clichés.

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

05/04/2015

2/5

The sub-Apocalypse Now existential/colonial angst lacks any form of grounding, despite committed performances from the core cast who engage in much tooth-baring, breast-beating, and shouty soul-searching.

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Geoffrey Macnab

Independent (UK)

04/30/2015

2/5

There are some inventive moments along the way, but these are interspersed with lots of posturing, yelling and brawling.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

04/30/2015

1/5

One to miss.

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Amanda Waltz

The Film Stage

02/23/2016

D+

Deprived of sympathetic characters, thrills, and Edwards' skilled touch, the film makes for a disappointing follow-up to some impressive sci-fi cinema.

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Alex Zane

The Sun (UK)

01/01/2016

2/5

Basically it's a war movie with four or five shots of giant monsters. The film would be exactly the same without them. And the characters are underwritten and unmemorable.

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David N. Butterworth

La Movie Boeuf

10/29/2015

2/4

Monsters are few and far between, and Dark Continent was an offensive name given to Africa by 19th century Europeans, so why exactly this film is called "Monsters: Dark Continent" is anyone's guess.

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nigel t

@RT81173798 07/29/2025

An absolute mess of a film. Monsters that never attack people. Soldiers on a mission to shoot insurgents. That's about it waste of life watching

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Korra N

@RT88131552 06/30/2025

Where Gareth Edwards' masterful indie film was thoughtful, bold & fresh, this spin-off is visually stunning yet hollow. It could've been good had Edwards at least written the film.

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Yor A

@YorAyl 03/22/2025

.. yeah .. the real "monsters" were the ones with the guns, missiles and bombs ..

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pudgy p

@Rongreasely 02/04/2025

Loved the idea of the film just it was so all over the place with its context, the 2 end soldiers one of them just kept crying which felt like every other scene. It become far too much and started to get annoying. The monsters felt more like a background piece, nothing really goes anywhere with it them or what they do. Overall I thought the film was bad, really bad

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Alex T

@RT23091475 11/29/2024

Really enjoyed it. Saw the first one a long time ago. Although really different from the first it, it is beautifully shot and an adventure by itself.

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01/31/2022

Well, what a waste of time. There are monsters in the film but they're used more as a prop. The characters are all extremely obnoxious. The acting was good, but the story is your standard military, USA needing to stick their noses in everything, savior complex kind of movie.

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Synopsis

American soldiers in the Middle East contend with aliens and insurgents during a mission into hostile territory to extract four comrades.

Director: Tom Green
Producer: Rory Aitken, Allan Niblo, Rupert Preston, Ben Pugh, James Richardson
Screenwriter: Jay Basu, Tom Green
Distributor: Radius TWC
Production Co: Vertigo, 42
Rating: R (Graphic War Violence|Drug Use|Nudity|Pervasive Language|Some Strong Sexual Content)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Action, Drama, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 17, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 17, 2016
Runtime: 1h 59m

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