Part Cloverdale, part District 9, Monsters is based in a swathe of Mexico dubbed The Infected Zone. Six years after a returning space probe crashes in Mexico, the area is still infected with alien life. An American photographer escorts a countrywoman from southern Mexico, through the zone.
When confronted by a crooked ferry master, trying to charge an exorbitant $5,000 to ferry people around the infected zone, I'm not sure why they didn't phone her rich dad and ask for money, but I guess if they'd had that brainwave there'd be no movie.
Just as District 9 was in part an allegory for apartheid, Monsters could be described as an allegory for illegal immigration. The movie even uses the anti-immigration fences along the US-Mexico border as though they were built to keep "real" aliens out.
Don't see this is you're hoping for lots of monster action - the production budget was rumored to be around $15,000. Nevertheless, it's rewarding and a grower.
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