Monster Trucks

– Looking for any way to get away from the life and town he was born into, Tripp, a high school senior..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
5.70 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 44 Minutes
Release Year:
2016
Monster Trucks (2016)

Looking for any way to get away from the life and town he was born into, Tripp, a high school senior, builds a Monster Truck from bits and pieces of scrapped cars. After an accident at a nearby oil-drilling site displaces a strange and subterranean creature with a taste and a talent for speed, Tripp may have just found the key to getting out of town and a most unlikely friend.

Story Timeline:
Producing Country:
Filming Locations:
USA
Editor's Pick for:

Monster Trucks (2016) - Trailer

Release Date:

13 Jan 2017

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG – Parental Guidance Suggested

Some material may not be suitable for children. Parents urged to give "parental guidance". May contain some material parents might not like for their young children.

Director:

Chris Wedge

Writer:

Derek Connolly (screenplay by), Matthew Robinson (story by), Jonathan Aibel (story by), Glenn Berger (story by)

Main Actors:

Lucas Till, Jane Levy, Thomas Lennon, Barry Pepper

Plot:

In a small town, an oil company is drilling for oil. The geologist, Dowd, informs his boss, Tenneson that they detected what could be an ecosystem which could affect their drilling rights. But Tenneson tells them to go on and something happens. Something came out and Tenneson wants to keep it quiet by keeping what came out on ice. In the town, something's been taking the fuel tanks off vehicles, leaving a big hole. Tripp, who lives in the town is frustrated at his life, specifically not having a vehicle of his own. He works at a scrap yard and he's been working on restoring an old truck. One day he thinks he hears something and traps it in the storage pit. He calls the Sheriff who's his step-father, whom he doesn't like. And when he gets there, it's gone. Later he sets a trap for it and sees it's a slug like creature who feeds on oil. He would bond with it. Later a man from the oil company shows up at the yard and asks him about the thing he reported earlier. Tripp feigns it was mistaken but the guy doesn't believe him. The creature enters the chassis of the truck he was working on and makes it move. He then gets in the truck and it goes off on it's own and he tries to figure out what to do.

Awards:

2 nominations.

Gross profit:

$33,243,820

Production:

Paramount Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
32%
Metacritic:
41%