Monster Trucks

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High school student Tripp Coley (played by Lucas Till) befriends a monster he names Creech that attaches itself to a truck. As he attempts to hide the creature from other people, a potential love interest, Meredith (Jane Levy) ends up joining him in his “quest.” Monster Trucks was an idea that came from the mind of a studio executive’s four-year-old son. That executive no longer works at the studio. I have no idea if there is a correlation between these two factoids. This movie kept getting pushed back until someone just kind of seemed to say “just put it out in January. Who cares?” This movie actually amassed a budget of $125,000,000. The cast is filled with good actors (most of whom just seem to be phoning it in). Never before have I seen Danny Glover care less. Hell, I don’t even know if he knows he’s in a movie. He just decided to pretend to be in a wheelchair one day. Someone saw it, and decided to shoehorn it into a family movie for no reason. On the other hand, Levy actually seems like she’s trying (the one actor in the movie that actually gives me that feeling). Her character is a bit annoying. I don’t blame her so much as the writing and directing that went into this movie. Lucas Till and Jane Levy are both in their late twenties playing teenagers. I wouldn’t mind so much except the two of them are constantly shown onscreen opposite actual teenagers. It looks goofy, not natural. The writing really doesn’t work in the slightest. Characters will show up, disappear for a long stretch of time, and reappear later in the movie. Oftentimes, this kind of thing will happen with no real explanation given, and we, the audience just kind of have to accept it. Overall, Monster Trucks is one of those bad movies I actually kind of have to recommend watching. This is one of the most baffling, bizarre things I may have ever watched. It truly has to be seen to be believed.

4 / 10