Monster Hunter (2020)

China, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom

Action, Fantasy, Adventure

Capcom, Constantin Film, Impact Pictures, Tencent Pictures, TOHO

Milla Jovovich, Tony Jaa, Ron Perlman, T.I., Diego Boneta, Meagan Good

Paul W. S. Anderson

Paul W. S. Anderson

Taglines: Behind our world, there is another.

giant monster, female soldier, another dimension, bow and arrow, based on video game, swordswoman, dimensional travel

A portal transports Cpt. Artemis and an elite unit of soldiers to a strange world where powerful monsters rule with deadly ferocity. Faced with relentless danger, the team encounters a mysterious hunter who may be their only hope to find a way home.

Reviews:

Author: Kamurai
Good watch, could watch again, and can recommend. I'm not a real fan of the video game, so I think I can safely say that you don't need to know anything from the game other than it has "big monsters". The only thing I really see from the video game world is that the characters sort of "level up" as the movie progresses. I guess it sort of does world building in the same way by having "levels" or areas, but that's much more subtle. The movie uses isolation in several different ways and has some clever uses of limited resources to solve problems, but it is quite a bit of just fighting big monsters. I can't say that you'll enjoy this if you're into Kaiju movies, even though it has quite a bit of creature feature aspects to it. Worth the watch, but not exactly the most substantial story.