The Monster Hunter Movie Gets A Second Bite At Success Via March Home Release

Hmm i think i'll bux it.

I'm not even sure I'd watch it if it comes to Netflix or prime video.

I couldn’t even watch it in cinemas due to the current lockdown :/

Awful value for a 90 minute cutscene.

I will watch it if its on netflix or somthin.

I wanted to see this in the movies.

Not even a 3D Blu-ray? -_-

Yess. Gotta get it. I like a guy who knows how to make a fun movie.

this movie is bad but not the so bad its good bad its just unwatchable

@willi3su If you like a guy who can make a fun movie then I advise you give this a pass. Paul WS Anderson is still in the process of working out how to do that.

@Savino

Event Horizon was good verging on great, Mortal Kombat was good fun and Alien vs Predator is miles better than anything Ridley Scott or Shane Black has tried with their respective franchises in the last few years.

But he is certianly more miss than hit.

Edit: And Death Race was great fun!

From directing such widely acclaimed movies like There Will Be Blood, Magnolia, The Master etc, I have to say that going on to adapt MH was a very strange choice indeed.

@Tipehtfomottob

I would like to see Paul Thomas Anderson's take on Resident Evil and Death Race for sure!

I might give it a go on Netflix, but this doesn't look like it justifies shelf space.

This movie released already? Sheesh, who knew?

Anyways, I'll check it out when it hits streaming or something - maybe.

This movie basically didn't even get a theatre run in many countries due to lockdowns. I wonder how it would have fared in a different timeliness, the RE films all did pretty well in spite of their quality after all, so this could've been a hit too. Also makes me wonder if they'll push ahead with a sequel even with the money lost on this.

@TheFullAndy The first Resident Evil film is pretty alright as well imo. Apocalypse too, but you can see the rot that infested every subsequent sequel setting in. It still has it's moments though.

@TheFullAndy,

Agree with you, Event Horizon is an awesome movie, sure the guy has made good and bad films, but not many directors have made nothing but great movies.

@TheFullAndy I think you are getting confused mate, Paul Thomas Anderson is the actor that played the iconic Arthur Shelby in the brilliant Peaky Blinders 😜

@Tipehtfomottob

Who knew Paul Anderson was the John Smith of the entertainment industry!

@Tao lol, the RE movies are thoroughly wonderful. And Event Horizon. No annoying cynical pseudo-introspection. Just a good time. Cheeeeese to the max.

@Savino

It seems he just does things by the numbers now and doesn't really have a passion for the films he makes, when he does have that passion then Paul can make a good movie. Now it just seems like his films are nothing but a paycheck for him and the wife.

Yes the new Alien films are truly awful (I despise both Prometheus and Covenant, also the new Predator film), it was more comparing him to a couple of renowned directors in Scott and Black.

I am hoping the new Alien tv series being developed gets the franchise back on track.

With all due respect to Milla Jovovich, who is a fine actress, the fact that her husband keeps making her the focal Mary Sue in his unwatchable multi-million dollar fanfics, especially at the expense of the source material, is some of the least opaque nepotism in mainstream entertainment. I know gamers have historically had low standards for consumption, but even the least discerning ones have to be tired of his schtick by now. He's an extremely limited director, and his style worked well for edgy western entertainment like Mortal Kombat, but the bar has risen significantly since the early 2000's and he hasn't adapted or improved at all.

@RootsGenoa I agree, this would have been perfect in 3D (if done right of course).

The trailer looks kinda meh.
I'll wait for a netflix release and only watch it when I'm drunk and got nothing better to do.

@heathenmagic I remember seeing in the latest trailer the film was available in 3D, and all of Paul WS Anderson's films have been shot in 3D lately, anyway. So not releasing a 3D movie on a 3D Blu-ray is just stupid...

Box art makes it look more like a mockbuster than an actual MH movie. Like The Asylum got the rights to the name "Monster Hunter" before Capcom could and pooped out a joint that's 95% dudes hanging around a desert, 1% credits, and 4% bad CGI Rathalos killing people in poor visibility.

This seems like the type of movie that would be better served by a VHS SD copy, maybe in B&W, than 4k.

I'll probably watch it when it shows up streaming somewhere but certainly not a purchase. Though my library is pretty good about getting new DVD releases, so maybe I'll borrow the disc instead of waiting, not a lot of movies came out in theaters last year so the new DVD section is slim pickings now.

@RootsGenoa Does seem a bad move, but guess pandemic has changed a lot of decisions on distribution. Shame though, and that 3D is being scaled back. Mission Impossible Fallout 3D was awesome at the cinema, then Paramount announced no more 3D from them (including Bumblebee at the time).

I liked Mila J. in the fifth element and ultraviolet so I don’t think she’s a terrible actress; but how does she keep getting stuck with these movies? I feel like she wants to be an action star, which is honestly great as that is still lacking for women but um, aren’t there better movies for her by now?

Am I missing something?

The fact that the story is based around a US Army soldier means the movie was funded by the military, and will likely be full of Army ads. I cannot stand movies funded by the US military, they are the worst. And since when did the US Army have anything to do with Monster Hunter. What a load of crap.

Already seen an HD bootleg of it, wasn't that impressive. I'll just go back to watching and playing the real Monster Hunter on my consoles instead.

@Ryu_Niiyama

Her husband is the director of those movies.

Can't be worst then the game

I think this might actually do well on dvd Blu-ray as the rise game releases and the film drops people will take a look.

Saw it in theaters. Don’t do it. Its a pitfall trap which barrel bombed.

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Can be a good couch-popcorn comedy flick when it comes to Netflix.

I figured this movie would be good for ooing at the big monsters on a big screen, so Covid kinda took what little it had going for it. I'll still be watching it as some point though.

$1 or $1.25 one night rental promo via Redbox for me.