Thus with more positives against a few understandably amateur negative mistakes, Toia's Monsters of Man gets a very deserving 8/10 from me. Toia is certainly an upcoming filmmaker to keep an eye out for. I'm mean those robots were "Chappie" quality viewing. The score was actually not bad and fitting, especially considering almost every B film's score is usually unfitting, overbearingly loud and annoying. The film's location settings were beautiful. Sure, some where a little over the top and borderline annoying, but keep in mind they were being guided by an inexperienced director. Aside from Neal McDonough and Jose Rosete being the only recognizable and experienced actors, the remaining unknown and unexperienced cast performed impressively well. His pacing was actually quite good, that a 90-100 min runtime could've made this film great, instead of just good. So when I said "could've so easily been avoided", Toia either needed an experienced editor and/or seasoned writer to look over his script, and cut out at least 20-30 mins. when kid's gangster dad dies, the ongoing crying, group hugs and whines was utterly and annoyingly ridiculous. There were far too many long, dragged out and unnecessary scenes. when you're caught between a rock and a hard place, always take the weapon!), the length of his screenplay's final cut runtime of 131 mins was absurdly long. Aside from some of the plot and technical issues (e.g. Now my main disappointment that could've so easily been avoided, was Toia's writing. So for Toia to wear these many hats and pull this off, this film should not be rated anything less than a 6/10. They all have to start somewhere, right? And I have to point out, that I've seen much worse films put together by seasoned filmmakers. and very impressively so, that this was an amateur filmmakers first ever dabble with filmmaking! Sure this film had its flaws, but considering Mark Toia has never been a cinematographer, never written, produced, or directed anything in his life before, I say mad respect and serious props to you sir! So to those wannabe critics who gave this film 1's and 2's, give your heads a shake and learn to respect the work of an amateur filmmaker trying to make his mark in the industry.
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