Nice and fun flick in which massive and gigantic monsters appear to cause cataclysm , disorder and chaos . Athena-1, a space station owned by gene manipulation company Energyne, is destroyed after a laboratory rat mutates and wreaks havoc. Dr. Kerry Atkins (Naomie Harris) , the lone surviving crew member, is ordered by CEO Claire Wyden (Malin Akerman) and her brother Brett (Jake Lacy) to retrieve research canisters containing a pathogen. While Primatologist Davis Okoye (Dwayne Johnson) , a former US Army Special Forces soldier and member of an anti-poaching unit, works at the San Diego Wildlife Sanctuary. He has befriended a rare albino western lowland gorilla named George, having saved him from poachers, and communicates with George using sign language and hand gestures. When the greed-fueled corporation's genetic experiment goes awry, George and other animals across the country are mutated into aggressive supercreatures who destroy everything in their path. As the dangerous experiment turns animals into ravenous monsters of gargantuan proportions . The falling pieces leave a trail of debris across the United States, including a gray wolf from Wyoming and in the Everglades in Florida, where a canister is consumed by a Croc and along the way , George is exposed to the pathogen. Then Davis Okoye has to take on a string of indestructible monsters . Big Meets Bigger !Let them fight ! Long live the King George ! Prepare to throw down ! God help us all. One King to rule them all .
This is a roller-coaster ride with full of monsters , destruction , wreak havoc , thrills , chills and impressive scenes . Entertaining moments and frightening amusement when monsters show up causing extreme mayhem , confusion , fright and apocalypse . As World is plunged into chaos upon the appearance of giant monsters , while authorities send useless defence forces to destroy them . Showing up an American crocodile, a gray wolf from a forest in Wyoming and the huge gorilla George , all of them are exposed to the rare pathogen. Fantastic , impressive design of the enormous creatures , being well and competently made by means of state-of-art special effects .This is an adrenaline-filled ride, in which our starring atttempts to find an antidote, not only to halt a global catastrophe but also to save the fearsome creature who was once his friend . Here Dwayne Johnson gives a sympathetic acting as primatologist Davis who shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent silverback gorilla who has been in his care since he was young . Being well accompanied by a fine cast , such as : Naomie Harris ,Malin Akerman , Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Joe Manganiello, Marley Shelton , Will Yun Lee and P. J. Byrne.
The film contains around 1000 visual effects shots , with over-the-top 3-D models of the giant gorilla and other monsters . It delivers a colorful and evocative ambient thanks to an expert cinematography cameraman by Jaron Presant . As well as thrilling and suspenseful and moving musical score by Andrew Lockington . Being lavishly as well as efficiently produced , and competently directed by Brad Peyton . This non-sense but enjoyable disaster movie was decently directed by the Canadian writer/producer/filmmaker Brad Peyton , though with no originality and it has some flaws and gaps . Brad Peyton is a good writer , producer and filmmaker who has directed a few acceptable films , such as : ¨San Andres¨ , ¨Journey 2: The Mysterious Island¨, ¨Project Rampage¨ and ¨Incarnate¨ and he is shooting San Andreas II . Rating : 6/10 . Passable and decent monster movie.
