Japan Release: 2021
Running Time: 104 minutes

Monster Hunter

モンスターハンター
[Monsuta Hanta]

A United States military unit is dispatched to find a missing convoy in the desert. While searching, though, the group finds themselves warped through a portal. This transports them to a parallel world. Still searching, they find the burned remains of the missing convoy. Soon after they stumble upon the source: a giant monster called Black Diablos. After suffering heavy casualties, the survivors manage to escape amongst a rocky terrain. Safety is short lived, though, as they confront another monster: the spider-like Nerscyclla. More members are killed, leaving just their Captain, Artemis, as a survivor. She comes in contact with a native, a monster hunter. Although untrusting of each other, they realize they most work together for the hunter to find his companions and for Artemis to find a way home...

Live Action Science Fiction

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Monster Hunter

Monster Hunter
US Distributor: Screen Gems (2020) / Time: 104 Minutes

Monster Hunter: The Hunt Begins
[Mexico Title]

Monster Hunter: Monster Empire
[Hungary Title]

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Aliens, SDF & Misc.

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Background and Trivia

• Loosely based on the video game series of the same name by Capcom, which has seen releases on the Sony Playstation 2, Sony Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo Switch and other consoles.
• The movie references to two other monsters from the Monster Hunter series are seen, with the skeleton of Dah'ren Mohran and statues of Lagiacrus respectively.
• Director Paul Anderson mentioned that the film takes place in the same continuity of the video games and chronologically occurs after Monster Hunter World. However, the events seen in the movie take place on a different continent in contrast the events seen in the games. Cited in an IGN article.
• The film was originally to release on September 4th, 2020 in North America and in other parts of the world on a similar date. The movie was postponed however to an April 23rd, 2021 date. This was due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which had closed down much of the movie theater industry. Eventually the movie was moved up to December 30th, 2020, and then again to December 25th, 2020, and finally to December 18th, 2020. Due to this shift of dates, posters were released with the earlier release dates on them.
• In China, theater system specific posters were released for the movie. These posters include ones for: CFGS (China Film Giant Screen), IMAX, Cinity and Dolby Cinemas.
  

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