ametysa As a war movie, this could be rated much higher, but it pretends to be sci-fi/horror movie. It is not. It is a war movie with many human monsters, a few special effect monsters thrown in to pretend it is sci-fi/horror and unlikable characters (at least for me). If you want a movie about a group of young men going to war and how they react to the horrors of it, I am sure you can find other, much better movies that don't pretend to be something other than they are.

Andy_Aitken I watched this movie expecting monsters galore and soldiers all up in arms trying to stop them. However the movie really isn't about that, it's about loss and the feeling of really losing soldiers you were entrusted to protect as a leader. The "monsters" seem to be the humans in this movie and the actual "monsters" are just innocent creatures moving across the landscape which poses the question as to are we the monsters?

ukproject Another one of those movies shown as part of Film4's 'Creature Feature' that I would probably never have rented. Having missed the first 5 minutes though I will now definitely get this on Blu Ray, to own.One thing I've come to learn though is that the ratings on IMDb are now pretty useless as any sort of guide as to whether a movie is worth watching or not. 4.3? Seriously?? What a joke! I'm a huge fan of Starship Troopers but for me movies like Monsters: Dark Continent is what science fiction is really all about. No grandstanding, no witty quotable one-liners, no A-list actors, and no endless streams of explosions or action in a desperate attempt to keep the mass of ADD watchers from getting distracted.Most importantly it explores the human condition against a futuristic imaginary backdrop. I'd describe Monsters: Dark Continent as enjoyably hypnotic providing of course that you allow yourself to enjoy it.

Jeffrey Burton I stayed away from this movie for a almost year because of the terrible 1 star rating it had on Netflix. Has the movie going public's I.Q. really dropped that much? This is a character driven and well done movie, with excellent special effects and production. It's very metaphorical and you could apply the human's perception of the 'monsters' to all sorts of subjects. This is the anti-thesis of the latest 'Godzilla' were it's just noise, paper thin characters and no plot. You've actually got to invest a little attention to what is going on. This is really good science fiction much in the tradition of 'Planet of the Apes''Soylent Green' and 'Rollerball' in it's social consciousness. Ignore the haters and give this movie a chance.