Review – Evolution

Here’s unfortunate proof that you can have a decent script, competent direction, expensive effects and a collection of A-minus-list stars and still come up with something that doesn’t last in the theaters. To be sure, this isn’t a great movie; don’t look for it in any categories at the Oscars. Further, it lacks a solid hook. There’s no sex, only bush-league, harmless violence, and none of the heroes or monsters seem like they’d make marketable action figures. And sure, the plot’s an overblown, fauna-rather-than-flora reheat of “The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill” (or Die, Monster, Die! or any one of a dozen other stories and movies that have used the same general plot line). Despite all that, the movie’s clever and entertaining, certainly more so than many more successful efforts. Of course, maybe I just liked it because the heroes were a couple of community college professors. Worth seeing