#1528 Monster Summer

[Roughale]

#1528 Monster Summer on imdb:

When a mysterious force begins to disrupt their big summer fun, a group of friends team up with a retired police detective to embark on an adventure to save their island.

[Roughale]

A "horror film for 10-12 year olds" was Kasi's intro if I remember correctly - yedah maybe it was. But that was not its biggest fault, that was more the overpowering amout of clichees throughout, especially in the very generic soundtrack, which I thought might have been AI generated, but a composer was named, so I cannot be sure... Aside from that, the family issues had a little to much focus on, seems like they were making time with that as the story was rather thin. Acting was fine I think Mel was cast very well here and the kids were also good. Now the Highlights for me: Mel's answer at the end "Ding Dong!" and his VW Beetle.

All in all a solid 3 for this!

[Kasi Mir]

Hallo allerseits,
ja, da wurden schon eine ganze Menge Klischees gestapelt. Mel Gibson gibt mit seinem inhärenten Charme eine gute Performance ab, aber um ihn herum ist es doch relativ wild.

Mason Thames („The Black Phone“) macht seine Sache auch gut, obwohl sein verbohrtes Bestehen auf einer übernatürlichen Erklärung

Spoiler:

schon früh klar macht, welche Richtung der Film dann am Ende einschlagen wird

– aber das ist mehr ein Vorwurf an das Drehbuch denn an den Schauspieler.

Insofern: solide Performances der beide Leads gegen ein mäßiges Drehbuch – ich habe das am Ende mit „3 minus“ zusammengefaßt.

Gruß
Kasi Mir