Ape vs. Monster

"The Greatest of All Time!"

2021 1h 30m EN

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2.2

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★5.8TMDB · 146★2.2IMDB · 1,160

Science FictionActionAdventureTV Movie

Synopsis

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An ape crash-lands on Earth, which creates a sludge that makes him and a passing lizard grow to giant-size, resulting in a fight for dominance.

“The Greatest of All Time!”

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Cast

Eric Roberts
Ethan Marcos
Arianna Scott
Linda Murphy
Katie Sereika
Eva Kuleshov
Shayne Hartigan
Lab Tech Jones / Blair
Narek Kirakossian
Secretary Pudovkin
Iria Pickard
Chem. Eisenstein
Rudy Bentz
Noah Murphy
Gregg Marcantel
General Reynolds

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Daniel Lusko
Writers: George Michael Phillips
Languages: Russian, English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 5 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Russian, English.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Ape vs. Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Daniel Lusko, shot by Marcus Friedlander. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Mikel Shane Prather. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Cameron Ames shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Eric Roberts and Arianna Scott and Katie Sereika carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Daniel Lusko directs. Marcus Friedlander behind the camera. Mikel Shane Prather scores. Cameron Ames cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Russian, English.

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190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 5 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Russian, English.
4Part of the "Ape vs. Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Daniel Lusko, shot by Marcus Friedlander. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Mikel Shane Prather. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Cameron Ames shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Eric Roberts and Arianna Scott and Katie Sereika carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "The Greatest of All Time!".
10IMDB entry: tt14516188 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Marcus Friedlander
Original score: Mikel Shane Prather
Editing: Cameron Ames
Production design: Stacey Rich
Costume design: Dani Payne
Makeup / hair: Becca Toups
VFX supervisor: Glenn Campbell
Sound: Craig Polding
Stunt coordinator: Gary Choi
Runtime: 90 min · 1h 30m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Ape vs. Monster (2021)
IMDB rating: 2.2/10 · 1,160 votes
MPAA: Not Rated

Part of

Ape vs. Collection

A series of Asylum mockbusters meant to cash in on the Monsterverse

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Daniel Lusko

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tmdb280390232022-08-27
★ 1/10
Ape vs. Monster is not set in a alternate timeline; it’s in total denial. Somehow, George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin team up to launch a "deep space probe" manned (monkeyed?) by Abraham the Chimpanzee. In 1985. Ten years before W. was even governor of Texas, while Putin was a mid-level KGB agent stationed in Dresden. Chimpanzees have a relatively long lifespan, but like any other animal, they need food to survive — not a lot of bananas in outer space. Thus, Abe was presumably dead of either old age or more likely starvation even by the time they "lost contact" with the probe on "August 12th, 2007." Miraculously, though, when the capsule crashes back down to Earth in what I assume is the present day, not only is Abe alive, but he has turned into a large, indeterminate primate of the computatrum generatae genus; picture the lovechild of Bigfoot and Bubbles. Yada yada yada Abe and a similarly enhanced Gila monster have a battle as epic as two amorphous CGI blobs can be said to have, and the triumphant Abe (say what you will of Ape vs. Monster, but at least it has the decency of declaring a clear winner, unlike Godzilla vs. Kong) is relocated to a "sanctuary" in Santa Fe — because what better natural habitat for a chimpanzee than the f---ing desert?

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