Palico!
Paul W.S. Anderson’s upcoming Monster Hunter movie hasn’t had the smoothest of rides to market; initial shots from the set caused concern, as did the fact that the film places US marines from the modern-day in a fantasy setting – hardly something that is faithful to the original game series. Then there’s the fact that the movie is launching during a year of lockdown, with cinemas all over the world closed for business.
Still, subsequent images and trailers have slowly but surely resorted our expectation that this might – might – actually be a decent flick. The latest Chinese trailer has inflated those expectations even more; not only do we see a lot of cool monsters in this one, but there’s also a focus on using tactics to take down beasts (as well as gain materials to use in future battles, just like in the games) and we even get a short glimpse of a Palico chef. Will all of this good stuff be enough to make the film successful, both commercially and critically? Who knows, but at least it’s looking a bit more promising now.
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