Corporate Monster (2019) User Reviews

A short with a long History..

[jorgejeremias · 8/10 · 12 September 2021]

Whoever saw the 1988 movie titled, "They Live" by John Carpenter will immediately recognize the parallel and even some of the scenes.... This is merely an updated version of that film. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Good CGI effects, but no plot to it

[JurijFedorov · 6/10 · 25 September 2019]

It's nice to see amateur filmmakers pull off this kind of CGI on the big screen. It's not that action sequences were great. Instead they had close up shots of heads with good CGI. Next step is movement and flow to the scenes.

At the end this feels like a collection of slow scenes. There is an overuse of slow motion and the plot never gets into anything deep or interesting. It's a basic premise with an ending that doesn't really reveal anything. The concept is They Live so we know there can be a plot to it. Basically, get these CGI people and create an actual script with a plot and hire a good director who knows how to film plot. Then you will see magic.

Loved it

[Foreverisacastironmess123 · 8/10 · 3 January 2020]

I thought this was a really effective short that I found to be consistently tense and well acted, the idea of insidious monstrous invaders living among us in secret has always been an unsettling one in all the story's and classic movies it's been featured in over the years and I found it especially creepy in this short, the prawn/ladyparts-faced monster people were weird and interesting, I thought the cgi of them was pretty dang top notch, and if nothing else, effects-wise this short is a winner, and I loved how it could have been open to interpretation if you like regarding whether the deranged man was really seeing what he was or if it was all some faulty drug messing with his mind, it never really spelled it out either way, and I thought it was pretty harrowing and sad stuff at the end as he went back to his old office to shoot up the place and let himself be shot, some pretty scary parallels to real life events there, apart from the monsters of course... Doesn't seem to have hit anyone else on here the same way but I liked this, it was an effective spin on an old idea and it creeped me out a little, and monsters that no one else can see as well as losing your mind are both pretty scary concepts, very good short to me, not everyone's gonna like it but it's certainly worth watching! Solid work x

a parable

[Kirpianuscus · 26 September 2019]

The story is so simple.... Too simple. And the reasonable excuse is to see it as a parable using, in not bad manner, CGI for a noble purpose. The first part is so familiar motivational film . The pills are good tool for remind the embroidery of schizophrenia and revelation about deep face of reality. But the big sin remains the waste of end. No message, no answer, not the good story final, giving a clue or giving to the film more than political manifesto aspect. So, for reasonable image, I see it as parable.

Stephen King story

[charlescruz911 · 5/10 · 22 November 2019]

Corporate Monster is based on the Stephen King short story: "The ten o'clock people", which is in the nightmare and dreamscapes. The only change was that in the original story, smokers could see the monsters. In fact this story could be a sequel.

I wanted to like it

[dudewholikesthepits · 4/10 · 16 December 2022]

It's very well made. There is obvious talent behind this film. I wanted to like it. BUT I grew up during the 80's. I've seen They Live too many times and read The 10 o'clock People by King too many times. All I kept thinking about was They Live with pills instead of sunglasses. The film could draw in your more if you either haven't seen They Live, or can set your love of it aside. I'm too hooked on my teens to do so. I do hope to see more work from all involved, however as they have bright futures ahead based on the talent shown in this film. The performances and technical work (cam, design, CGI) were top notch.

Generic, lazy, and in poor taste, with only a few superficial things to recommend it for

[bob the moo · 29 August 2020]

A new sci-fi short from Ruairi Robinson, very good special effects, and some cool casting in former Dr Who companion Coleman. Any wonder it is generating buzz, but what is surprising is just how poor it is.

There is no content here. From the very start we jump into the main character seeing these creatures. There is no real expansion on them, just the lazy idea that they are everywhere and controlling everything. This isn't presented in an intelligent or thoughtful way, just by having creatures in suits, creatures in congress etc. There is nothing to learn here, and the concept could only generously be described as commentary - maybe someone very young will find it deep, but I doubt it. On top of this, the plot leads to a workplace shooting. This is pretty dangerous ground for the film to go to, because it is potentially insensitive, exploitative, and in poor taste, so really it needed to be justified in the narrative, impacting within the film (not just for it reminding us of the real world), and have enough in there to stop us looking out from the film. It doesn't have any of this; it is crassly done, with good effects but nothing to help get over the intense difficulty of the fundamentals of what is happening. It isn't even "horrific" to watch it, because it is so distracting to wonder how they felt it was a good idea. Those who felt The OA got it totally wrong with its season 1 finale should definitely avoid this one.

Really disappointing. Generic, lazy, and in poor taste, with only a few superficial things to recommend it for.

a chore to watch

[lawlietsmusic · 4/10 · 19 July 2022]

Visually the movie is stunning, that's obviously where the bulk of the effort went, since the story is bland, the actors are stale, the directing was uninspired, and it's all been done before in more competent and passionate ways.