Monster Trucks (2016) on Netflix
PG20161h 44mActionAdventureAnimation
Tripp Coley, a high school senior, builds a pickup truck from scrapped parts, hoping to leave his town. An oil-drilling accident frees a creature that hides in the truck's hood.
- Netflix3.6/5
- IMDb5.7/1020,771 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes32%
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Plot summary
In North Dakota, a fracking operation by Terravex Oil frees three squid-like creatures and wrecks the drilling rig. Company men capture two of them; the third gets away. Tripp Coley, a high school senior, works at a junkyard, where he is building a pickup truck from scrapped parts so he can leave his town. He finds the runaway creature, learns that it feeds on oil, and lets it shelter under the truck's hood. He names it Creech and promises to help it get home, rebuilding the truck so the creature can drive it. Tripp tells his classmate Meredith about Creech. Terravex's chief executive, Reece Tenneson, wants the damage to the company hidden.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Monster Trucks (2016)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- On 21 September 2016 The Hollywood Reporter stated that Paramount would take a $115 million writedown on the film because of its expected poor performance at the box office.
- The pitch for the film was created by Paramount's president Adam Goodman, who came up with the idea alongside his four-year-old son.
- Poor test screening reactions resulted in a total redesign of the creature Creech after complaints that he was too frightening for a younger audience, and the release date was shifted several times.
- By 2021 the film's reputation had improved, with Lisa Laman of Looper observing that a cult following had developed while Chris Evangelista penned an essay for The Guardian arguing for the film's merits.
- Lennon mentioned on his Twitter in 2022 that he was still under contract to appear in two sequels to the film.
