Got Power Hammer?
Finishing it, I didn't think it was extraordinary and it follows the formula monster movie closely, but I really enjoyed it for the most part because when it comes to creature features I'm pretty easy to please. The film starts kind of slow, with the intent to provide us with clearly defined monster fodder, but none of the cast save Cha's heroic lover really is all that fascinating. Does well-defined characters bring you to a monster-on-the-rampage flick? I guess in a general sense monster mayhem requires characters that have some sort of appeal to them, either as heroes or unsavory sorts, because giant, slimy predators with enormous mouths that open to reveal a long tongue that attaches to the legs of prey, whisking them into its clutches, out-of-sorts teeth curving in different ways but definitely sharp and long enough to do some damage, can only take you so far. It has a roar--damn ugly bastard--and just won't fucking die. It seems so indestructible I couldn't help but laugh. No amount of firepower seems capable of stopping it as much as simply annoying the beast. Setting it on fire does very little to slow it down; fire basically is like a scratch to this thing. Cha hits it over the head multiple times with a huge wrench, long poles are used to stab it in areas of the torso and inside its mouth, and even explosives barely wind it. It just keeps comin'. Gotta love these movies.
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