Love and Monsters
Love and Monsters Starring Dylan O'Brien, Jessica Henwick, Michael Rooker, Ariana Greenblatt Directed by Michael Matthews The post-apocalyptic cinematic world has been littered with the generic tropes: zombies, mutated humans, aliens, asteroids, man-made poisons, nuclear holocaust, and so on. What sets "Love and Monsters" apart is that in this case, the apocalypse comes from a very unique source even if it begins typically: an asteroid heading to earth is blown up by missiles, whose residue turns insects into building-sized killers. Not only does this make it unique, but the actual story itself is rather endearing and sweet, not something you'd typically find at the end of the world. Seven years after the governments of earth accidentally littered down radiation from missiles to take out an asteroid turned insects into humongous killing machines, those who were left behind found shelter in underground bunkers. Joel (Dylan O'Brien) is in one such bunker, and is ...