CINEMA
MONSTER HUNTER
Creature discomforts
“Honestly, this sword is actually much heavier.”
★★☆☆☆
► RELEASED 18 JUNE 12A | 103 minutes
► Director Paul WS Anderson
► Cast Milla Jovovich, Tony Jaa, Ron Perlman, Meagan Good
After years of pumping out
Resident Evil movies together, writer/director Paul WS Anderson and star/wife Milla Jovovich strike out in a bold new way by, er, making another adaptation of a videogame franchise – in this case, Capcom’s sprawling Monster Hunter. Swapping zombies for giant critters, the aim here is to stay true to the source material while opening things up for those who’ve never touched a controller. The result? A noisy slog, for the most part.