[LightDestory]

I watched one of the newest Netflix films called "love and monsters"... It is a nice film... The SFX are great, no avatar level but watchable. The story is dead simple without much turn-over of events. Very few actors but good story-going.

I leave the plot as always but I suggest to don't read it and just jump on your sofa and watch it!

With the imminent impact of an asteroid (Agatha-616), powers around the globe unified and blew the asteroid with rockets, saving the Earth from total destruction. However, the after-effects of the rockets' chemical fallout, caused cold-blooded animals to mutate into large monsters and kill off 95% of humanity. During the evacuation of Fairfield, Joel Dawson is separated from his girlfriend Aimee but promises to find her. His parents were later killed in the ensuing chaos.

Seven years later, Joel lives in one of many bunkers underground called "colonies", where all survivors but he, have romantically paired up with each other while fighting monsters and seeking supplies. Joel felt left behind as he only performs minor tasks in the colony, often kitchen duty wherein he only talks to a cow and a non-functional robot Mav1s. A giant ant breaches the colony which revealed that Joel suffers from unusual freezing during dangerous situations, thus the reason why he is not allowed to go out with scavenging or hunting runs. Later, Joel expresses to the other survivors that he wants sets off on a quest to reunite with Aimee. This raises concern from the others since Aimee's colony is 85 miles away and will take atleast 7 days, worrying if Joel can make it out alive. However, Joel pursues his plan, claiming that Aimee is the only person who made him happy.

Passing through the suburbs, Joel is attacked by a giant toad-monster but is saved by a stray dog named "Boy". Joel befriends Boy, who later seemingly entrusted a red dress in Joel's safekeeping. Boy follows Joel on his journey, warning him against poisonous berries and other dangers. Joel falls into a nest of worm-monsters called "Sand-Gobblers", when two survivors, Clyde Dutton and Minnow, rescue him. They are heading north to the mountains, where fewer monsters live due to the colder weather and higher elevation. They teach Joel some basic survival skills, and that not all monsters are hostile, demonstrating how "You can always tell in their eyes". They invite Joel to stay with them, but he insists he must find Aimee. As they part ways, Clyde gives Joel a grenade.

Continuing west, Boy becomes trapped by a giant centipede-monster. Joel freezes, but overcomes his fears and eventually saves Boy with his crossbow. Sheltering in an abandoned motel, they meet a functioning Mav1s, which only had 51 minutes of power left. Before her battery dies, Mav1s powers his radio long enough to briefly contact Aimee. Other survivors have reached her colony, promising to lead them to safety. With her remaining battery power, Mav1s shows Joel photographs of his parents and briefly played a song until the battery was completely depleted. Joel buries Mav2s and continues his journey. The next day Joel and Boy are attacked by a Queen Sand-Gobbler which they barely escape. However, Boy inadavertently lured the Queen back when he tried to retrieve the red dress which Joel earlier dropped while running from the Queen. Joel kills the Queen with the grenade. He yells at Boy for putting them in danger, causing Boy to run away. After swimming across a pond, Joel is covered in poisonous leeches and hallucinates, but is rescued before he collapses.

Joel awakes to realize that he reached his destination and finally sees Aimee. She leads a beach colony of elderly survivors who depend on her. He is introduced to the new survivors, Cap and his crew, who operate a yacht and promise to find a safe home for the survivors. As everyone celebrates their imminent departure, Aimee confesses she is glad to see Joel, but has become a different person and is still mourning someone. Joel decides to return to his colony, contacting them on the radio and learning that it has become unsafe and that they too must leave. Cap sends Joel some berries, which he recognizes as poisonous, as warned earlier by Boy. Realizing Cap is not to be trusted, he rushes to warn Aimee but is knocked unconscious.

Joel, Aimee, and the rest of her colony awaken tied-up on the beach. Cap reveals that his group is there to steal supplies and that their yacht is towed by a crab-monster controlled with an electrified chain. Cap sets the crab to feed on the colonists, but Joel and Aimee escape and are able to fight for their lives, and Boy returns to help. Joel has the opportunity to kill the crab, but realizes it is not hostile , remembering Minnow's advice to look into a monster's eyes Joel shoots the electrified chain, freeing it. The crab leaves Joel unharmed and instead kills Cap and his crew, sinking the yacht in the process.

Joel recommends Aimee and her colony head north. They leaves Aimee his notes detailing the monsters and other knowledge he gained on his journey. They share a romantic goodbye kiss, and Aimee promises she will find him. Joel treks all the way back to his colony, and they too decide to head to the mountains. On the radio, Joel inspires other colonies to take to the surface. As everyone heads north, Clyde and Minnow, already in the mountains, wonder if Joel will survive the next journey.