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‘Monster Trucks’ an entertaining film
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espite its title, Monster Trucks is not a movie about trucks or racing. This family film follows an unusual friendship between a human and a subterranean, oil-eating creature.
Directed by Chris Wedge (Ice Age, Robots), the film starts with an incident at an oil-drilling site owned by oil and gas company Terravex. An explosion causes three underground creatures to emerge to the surface. One of them successfully hides and escapes into the town.
The film moves to a high school senior named Tripp. Tripp wants to leave town with a turquoise truck that he built from bits and pieces of scrapped cars. During his life with his mother and her sheriff boyfriend, Tripp keeps himself occupied with his work at a junkyard where he “parks” his truck.
One day he finds out that his father, who left the family a few years back, is actually working for Terravex. However, on the same day, he has his first encounter at the junkyard with a bizarre creature who has tentacles, round eyes, terrifying teeth and an amusing giggle.
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Naming the beast “Creech”, Tripp realizes that he can use it to power his truck. Thus, he “unifies” Creech with his turquoise vehicle before visiting his father. However, their friendship is threatened as some men from Terravex, led by Burke, try to chase down Creech due to the company’s plan to eliminate these species and their habitat.
Watching Monster Trucks may remind you of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial or Free Willy. These films also focus on friendship between humans and animals or unknown living entities.
Despite its predictable storyline, Monster Trucks keeps its audience entertained with its action-packed and thrilling scenes, such as when the Terravex men are running after Tripp and Creech so they have to climb up a wall and drive around on rooftops. Creech is adorable and funny and this will instantly attract the audience’s attention. (kes)
