Monster Trucks

Monster Trucks

Rating 6 out of 10

When I saw a movie was coming out with/about Monster Trucks I knew I had to scoop up my only grandson (for now, have one more on the way!) Tristan and go to this.  He is nuts for Monster Trucks as most males are.  Didn't matter if the movie was good or not if it had trucks he would be amazed.  I was able to bring my granddaughter also.  Fun time for all.

As it turns out the star of this movie is Lucas Till.  Marietta native and step brother of my youngest sons girlfriend.  Some also call him Mr. McGyver from the hit tv show.  I have met him a few times and he's a good kid besides being a pretty good actor.  He was telling me about this movie three Christmas's ago.  He was finished with it and waiting for it to be released.  The fact that the studio sat on the movie for 3+ years and only released when Till hit with the tv show made me set the bar fairly low walking in to the theater.

That said the movie was actually better than I thought it would be.  Some kids movies are equally entertaining for adults or the small ones.  This one is aimed far more to the young kids.  I would say any human 3-12 years old will greatly enjoy this movie as did both that came with me.  Older folks will be mildly entertained.  Not sorry they came, but ready to go when the credits roll.

The movie takes place in North Dakota where the evil oil company in their haste to get to a huge oil reserve drills thru a water supply that they are not supposed to.  When they drill into the reserve an until now unknown creature (three of them) come flying out of the pipe. A kind of mix between Barney the Dinosaur and a huge octopus.  The oil company henchmen capture two of the creatures and intends on catching the third to destroy all evidence thus not messing up their billion dollar oil claim.  The third creature escapes and befriends high school senior Tripp (Till) who somehow figures out it can become the motor of his huge four wheel drive pickup.  The bad guys then chase them around.  Yes this is clearly a true story documentary (no it's not).

All the kids in the theater laughed heartily where as I said I was mildly entertained.  Spending time with the kids was priceless.