The Host
2006 Director : Bong Joon-Ho
All toxic waste should have the following warning message printed in large letters down the side of the bottle:
'WARNING: FAILURE TO DISPOSE OF THIS MATERIAL CORRECTLY CAN RESULT IN THE CREATION OF TOXIC MUTANT MONSTERS'
Its seems obvious - and you would think that by now, after the numerous films made on the subject scientists would have twigged onto this simple fact of life! Unfortunately, this does not appear to be the case as the latest SYNW offering 'The Host' opens with some chump pouring 100s of bottles of Formaldehyde ( well past its sell buy date' down the drain which feeds into the han river. Have you not seen Fxcking Godzilla ? Evidently not!
This 2006 Korean 'Monster Movie' wastes no time in moving straight into the action. On the down side - at a lengthy 2 hours we all felt that it would have benefited from a visit to the cutting room to bring it down to a slightly more palatable 90 mins. On the upside - the monster kicks ass. It's big enough to slap buses and cars around, but small enough to be surprisingly agile, swinging from bridges with its tail and pulling off some impressive back flips into the water.
As is often the case with this type of film I was slightly left with the feeling that I wished there had been a bit more of the monster. Call me shallow - but im not that bothered about the human interest or learning the back stories behind the characters. I just want to see the monster. Whens the monster coming back on ?
I hope my slight moan does not deter others from seeing this film. It’s a good watch and I am glad to have added it to the list…..ends
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