Matt Greene This is a lesser version of the kid-befriends-and-saves-mysterious-creature-from-evil-adults story...though it's not complete garbage either. The driving is fun, the monsters are cool, the plot is clear. Its biggest issue is the "hero", who's dull, whiny, cliched, and pompous. The film certainly isn't great or at all original, but there are much worse things to show your kids.

silverrebel-71943 I like to consider myself a connoisseur of movies. I've watched so many of the classics that I can pick out a good movie from a mile away. I watched this movie with my family and genuinely appreciated it. I expected Monster Trucks to be childish and tiresome, however, I almost immediately realized that I was going to love it. I have never liked kid's movies, so I was skeptical when my little sister insisted we watch this one. The humor was just adult enough to make me laugh along side her. Besides that the creature and the lead guy are both cute!! What more can you ask for in a child's movie? After I watched it, I looked it up online and was horrified to find it such a major flop. What, after all was wrong with it? It was so much better than any of the recent movies I have watched that were child-like. Anyway, my family and I loved this movie and will watch it many times in the future! I recommend it to not only the children who will love it, but any body who loves trucks and good humor as much as we do!

Jeff2sayshi I'm not exactly sure what people were expecting from this movie. It's not going to be the height of drama, and it's not going to have intense action. It's a movie for pre-teen kids, and as that it hits its mark quite well.An oil company discovers pre-historic creatures while drilling. While trying to cover up, one gets away and hides with Tripp (Lucas Till). Tripp learns that they can power his engineless truck and then goes about trying to save the creatures.Simple story, but well told. If you're an adult without children, this movie likely isn't for you. However, if you have young kids it'll be an enjoyable hour and a half.

Reno Rangan There are lots of similarities with other films, maybe not directly. In todays world, it became practice to give kids (and sometimes for women) their own version of what meant for only grownups. So there's no use whining about that. Because those who does might not be the target audience. This is I think purely for kids, otherwise it would have not got bold PG, but like usual for any film, I gave it a try. Even though it's not original, somewhat I enjoyed watching it.The story was in usual pattern that opened with an intro, then moving to unleash the long trapped ancient creatures into the human society. One becomes friend with it and a few starting to hunt it with the rest are as the neutral or unaware of it. There's nothing unpredictable in it. And so the tale comes to halt with a finale where maximum push was given, but overall it fails to impress on the average expectation.Good title, good idea, even the graphics were not bad, but not good enough stunts with okay performances. I feel it could have become a good television series than the film. So they should scrap the idea if they have one for a sequel and instead make a shift to television. Other than what I thought, this is a good entertainer for little kids. So it should be watched by them more than their counterparts.5½/10