People turn up dead in the swamp and the new local sheriff has to do something about it. So he investigates further and finds out about an old legend that is Man-Thing, a monster living in the swamp. The movie is also about this unlikable oil tycoon who's drilling in the sacred Indian land and destorys nature and therefore angers Man-Thing, get it. There are also people who disapprove of the oil tycoons doings and this is more what the movie focuses on instead of the monster itself which is only a little part of it.
I'm not really into creature movies as they have a tendency to suck, but as a Marvel fan I thought it still might be interesting, unfortunately it turned out not to be anything more then your average B movie with a shitty monster in it.
With lousy actors, low budget and a crappy monster how is this going to be any good? Well it isn't very good but I guess on some levels it's somewhat entertaining. Did I mention the lousy actors, anyway they really suck and this screws up the whole "experience" for me. The actors are so bad and does such a shitty job that sometimes during the movie you just feel like turning it off. But then you (almost) wanna know how it's going to end and the end blows more then anything seen in this movie before and this leaves you with absolutely nothing.
Like I said, it has some entertainment value but so little that I don't know if it's worth anything, but if you can get pass the horrible acting I guess it can be ok, I'm not sure since I couldn't get passed it.
If you are willing to overlook a lot of faults then this might be ok but definitely nothing I would recommend. I'm really disappointed since it's Marvel but what can you do.
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MOVIE YEAR: 2005
DIRECTOR: Brett Leonard
WRITING CREDITS: Steve Gerber, Hans Rodionoff
GENRE: Horror, Action, Sci-Fi
CAST: Matthew Le Nevez, Rachel Taylor, Jack Thompson
COUNTRY: USA, Australia
RUNTIME: 105 min
RATING: 2/10
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