This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Most creature features recently had the same problem: extensively showing creatures that look computer generated from a mile. In that respect, 'Blood Monkey' is much better, because it doesn't show the monkeys through 95 pct of the running time. Suspense is created successfully, because the characters only know something is lurking in the jungle, but they have no idea how dangerous it actually is. This is closer to the 1940s horror movie style than the current gore-in-your-face flicks which leave nothing to imagination. I also liked the location in Thailand, it provides a convincing background.On the other hand, the movie has serious flaws. To name a few: the video camera thing, one actor filming the others, which has been done to death in the past decade. Story logic - for example, why do they go hunting with only one huntress and one gun, I'd have armed myself to the teeth if I were in the professor's place? Briefly, there is some irrational behaviour to the point it's sometimes annoying, such as the students buying cheap excuses, and some of the young actors appear to be quite amateurish, anyway, but I realise it is a tough job for them to play next to an F M Abraham.To sum it up, the movie was not extraordinary, but at least better than I expected from the other reviews around here, and more interesting than various recently released shark, crocodile or piranha flicks. I voted 5/10.

BloodMonkey starts as five young promising students arrive at an isolated jungle location in the middle of nowhere, they are there at the request of scientist Conrad Hamilton (F. Murray Abraham) who has been exploring an untouched region of the forest, a large valley he has named 'Hamilton's Crater'. Despite a less than friendly atmosphere Hamilton convinces the teenage students to follow him into the uncharted jungle & valley where they are attacked by large Ape like creatures that have evolved independently by themselves isolated from the rest of the world in the valley. They are vicious predator's who don't seem to like human beings that much & like to kill us but Hamilton is determined to take a specimen back to civilisation & become famous & rich & all that sort of stuff, however the Apes have different ideas...This straight-to-video/DVD Thai production was directed by Robert Young & as far as Sci-Fi Channel 'Creature Features' go it's just as crap as most of the other's they see fit to subject the world to. The script takes ages to get going, in fact the first hour of BloodMonkey is total boredom as we follow these annoying American teenage students about & then there's the less than subtle ways in which Hamilton acts which just screams 'I'm the bad guy' (all he needed was a moustache to twirl) & the way that these dumb students still keep following him & trusting him. I thought these kids were meant to be clever? Eventually after what seems like an eternity the film kicks into gear & instead of seeing these annoying American teenagers walk around the jungle we get to see these annoying American teenagers run around the jungle! Wow, thanks guy's. The plot sucks too, it's dull, predictable & boring & if these killer Apes have never ventured beyond the valley why does that Chenne bird have to scare one away when the students first arrive? Also how does Hamilton expect to get one of those Ape things back to civilisation exactly? Why does Hamilton think he can capture one when these Ape things have killed everyone else who has gone anywhere near them? The character's are really annoying & it's a relief when they all get killed, you really will be rooting for the Monkey's here. To be fair I have no problem with feeding annoying teenagers to mutant Monkey's but this film proves it doesn't make for particularly good entertainment, sorry but it's true.The entire film is set in the jungle & it gets a bit repetitive by the end. Unusually the monster in this 'Creature Feature' isn't shown until the very last scene in the film & to me just looked like a smaller King Kong than anything else, the rest of the time the makers hide it & it is not seen at all which either show's restraint on the makers part or the budget was so low they couldn't afford special effects. You decide. The film isn't scary or tense & there's not much of an atmosphere either, one could class BloodMonkey as much a thriller as horror I suppose. There's not much gore, there's some dead bodies, a bit of blood splatter, a bloody face, an impaling & a severed hand.I am guessing the budget was pretty low & as such it looks unremarkable at best, shot in Krabi in Thailand probably at the same time as various other 'Creature Feature' films like The Hive (2008) about alien controlled killer Ant's. The acting isn't that good & I suspect Oscar winning actor F. Murray Abraham took the part for the free holiday in Thailand & why not?BloodMonkey is yet another awful Sci-Fi Channel 'Creature Feature' that's just as bad as the rest of them, I have seen so many of these things they really are starting to get on my nerves. Don't waste your time or money on this, there is much better out there if you look.

I watched BloodMonkey last night on the Sci-Fi Channel and was a wee bit surprised. From all I had read, this was a really, really bad movie and in many ways it wasn't all that great, but I really liked the strange ending. First let's look at what makes it a bad movie. It seems that in the decade of the 2000's one must have a group of young people, mixed male and female, mixed races makes it politically correct, so that is a good thing, if you are into that sort of thing. Now, these young people must be headed to a jungle, faraway island, or some other God forsaken place, where they have no business being in the first place. Now, the cast of characters must include the following: A quite, hero type male. A dizzy blonde female. A bookish dork type. A loud-mouth jock type. A quite, bookish, fairly good looking female who is hoping to hook up with the hero male. Some sort of adult leadership is generally thrown in, in the form of a Professor or other Phd type. This can be a male or female, but is most likely to be male. And throw in a native guide or some such and you have a movie crew. Matt Reeves plays Greg and he is the jock/dork/loud-mouth in BloodMonkey. I rooted for him to go as soon as possible. Ah, the blonde here is played by Laura Aikman as Sydney, who takes a make-up case and cell-phone into the deep jungle. The nerd is Josh, played by Sebastian Amesto, who all in all is not a nerdy as the nerds in other horror movies. Good job Sebastian. The girl with the camera is Danni, played by Frishia Bomambehead. She is the one to film their adventures in paradise or is it hell? You judge. The bookish, quite girl is Amy, played by Amy Manson. She is a jewel in this movie. Just cute enough and smart. Ah, now to our hero, cool guy, and all around leader. Seth is his name and he is played by Matt Ryan. Does a good job with what he has to work with. The semi-adult leader is Professor Hamilton played by F. Murray Abraham, who is an outstanding actor in his own right and must have been bored when he took the job as the "I have a screw loose Professor." The show stealer is Chenna played by Prapimporn Kamchanda. Doesn't talk much and does a great job as the Professor's sidekick and ass kicker in general. Bad to the bone and cute as well, what more could you ask for. Sorry, but I am partial to the Asian ladies. BloodMonkey was filmed in Krabi, Thailand and the scenery is beautiful and that is a good thing. I have given you the basic storyline without revealing too much and if you are a fan of this genre, then you will have seen this basic layout before. I found it to be fun on a boring Saturday night and the only thing missing was the gals swimming in a river sans bathing suits. I really liked the ending. Found it to be a bit of a shocker and really wasn't expecting it, so it helped to make the whole thing worthwhile. I give it 5 out of 10 stars.

It is a poor film, but it can be watched - more either while away the time, or as an example of how not to do things. Mr F is the only watchable actor, but his efforts are barely worth the film that it is in. Who puts good wine into a mug??? The film lacks tension - and as such it is not a 'whole film' - the lighting, music, atmosphere, do not co-conspire to create a tense environment - there is no 'mood' to the film which keeps the viewers locked in.I also felt it quite blatantly stole from other films - 'Blair witch' and 'The Descent' in particular - most clearly toward the end, when the film decides it is obviously bored of its current direction and wishes to go off elsewhere following the lead of other, better films.The young student actors are all pretty - (which is somewhat surprising since they are supposed to be anthropology student...) and none really leave a lasting impression aside from their good looks.This was clearly a low budget film, with the monsters staying out of eye-sight until the end of the film (which could well have been a good move considering the paltry CGI employed).