After the success of 2010’s micro-budget movie Monsters it’s perhaps surprising it’s taken this time to get a sequel up and running, but despite the first film’s director Gareth Edwards heading off to make Godzilla, a follow-up is now on the way and a full trailer has arrived.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Ten years on from the events of Monsters, and the ‘Infected Zones’ have now spread worldwide. In the Middle East a new insurgency has begun. At the same time there has also been a proliferation of Monsters in that region. The Army decide to draft in more numbers to help deal with this insurgency…’

Edwards didn’t completely abandon the film though, as he supported filmmaker Tom Green in the making of the film.

Gareth Edwards says, “Monsters was a very personal film to me, so it’s been a surreal honour to have such talented filmmakers and actors work so hard to create such a beautiful and heartfelt sequel. Tom Green has taken the organic filmmaking spirit of the original and created something very unique and incredibly bold. I think people will be very surprised by the film. It is uncompromising in its storytelling and as a result creates a very realistic and believable world. The visual effects and cinematography are impeccable; there isn’t a bad frame in the movie. This combined with such soulful performances from the main cast, makes for a really impressive debut film… Think I better watch my back!”

Take a look at the new trailer below. It’s due in UK cinemas on November 28th. [Read more…]