Boring flashbacks ruined this
Could have been a nice monster flick but the flashback scenes completely took me out of the story. I don't often skip through scenes but every time it went back I just skipped past them.
shareWhat was boring about them? It was the backstory of the mother-daughter relationship that helped piece the movie together. Do you need constant stimulation to hold your interest?!!
shareWhy did we need family drama in a monster movie in the first place though? And especially family drama with a absolutely awful and unlikable character, even after her "sacrifice". I wanted the mother to die the entire movie. Why write a character like that and then expect that audience to like her?
I think the reason they added the flashbacks is because they didnt have enough story to fill a feature runtime. The plot was a monster that's chasing them through the woods... and they kill it. That's the movie. No explanation of what the monster is, no interesting twist of why it was hunting them, or at least even an interesting way to kill it. They just did the typical thing, burn it like the thing and Aliens. They even stole "COME ON!" from aliens when ripley is shooting the queen with fire.
As for the plot? It was like the director saw Jurassic Park one day, and during the T-REX atack scene he was like "Yes! Let's do that, but and hour and a half longer! And literally nothing else!". It's one of the most hollow plots you can imagine... Unless hollow and simplistic is your thing, go watch some SYFY originals.