Monster Hunter
Short description
Monster Hunter follows Lieutenant Artemis and her unit of soldiers, who are pulled from our world into a parallel one ruled by enormous, dangerous creatures. Their usual weapons prove useless against the monsters, and the survivors must rely on new skills simply to stay alive. While searching for a way home, Artemis meets a mysterious hunter who has learned to fight the creatures, and the two join forces against a threat that may be more than they can handle.
The film is directed and written by Paul W. S. Anderson, his thirteenth feature in a run of fourteen, arriving between Resident Evil: The Final Chapter and In the Lost Lands. Milla Jovovich plays Artemis, with Tony Jaa as the Hunter, Ron Perlman as the Admiral, and supporting turns from T.I., Diego Boneta and Meagan Good. It is a German, British, Canadian, Chinese and Japanese co-production involving TOHO, Constantin Film, CAPCOM and Impact Pictures, and it draws on the CAPCOM video game series.
Monster Hunter was released in December 2020 and runs 103 minutes. Made for about 60 million dollars, it took roughly 42 million worldwide. On IMDb it holds 5.2 out of 10 from around 75,000 votes, while on TMDB it sits at 6.5 from far fewer ratings. A critics' rating of 4.8 from 99 reviews places it below the audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- On the second day, the film was pulled from release in China due to a racist joke and was soon banned on China's largest film database, Douban. The offensive scene from the film was removed.
- Three hours' drive from Cape Town is a state-protected national park – the Cederberg mountain range. The scene on Stone Island, where Artemis and the Hunter hide from the monster, was filmed there.
- Filmmakers also needed to find a location in the "real world" from which the soldiers are transported to the world of monsters. These scenes were filmed in Tankwa Karoo National Park in South Africa. Remote from civilization and littered with black rocks, the park is almost deserted, with temperatures ranging from 45°C during the day to 5°C at night.
- The landscapes needed for filming were found in South Africa and Namibia.
- The scene where the creature attacks the army's 'Hummer' was filmed in the Cape Town area near the town of Atlantis. The local dunes are known for their pristine white sand.
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
