2009
Rated: Unrated
Genre: Drama Fantasy Romance Science Fiction
Directed By: Kohtaro Terauchi
Written By: Kohtaro Terauchi
Cinema Epoch
Running Time: 1:39
Review by: Felix Vasquez Jr.
Review Date: 2/4/11

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DEMEKING: THE SEA MONSTER

 

A dark dock by the land, something is definitely happening--no. A little boy is riding his bike near the water something is definitely happening--no. Kame and his three little friends are having a blast at the carnival, something is definitely happening--no, no. Okay, a biker is driving his motorcyle along the water during the day in pitch silence, that must mean something--no. That was me during "Demeking," a film clocking in at over ninety minutes that ultimately feels more like padding for the inevitable monster, than an actual monster movie. It takes a little over an hour for the monster to rise from the depths of the water, and there's simply no build-up once we see it. And when we're convinced there is some carnage about to be had, we learn that it's only a dream sequence! "Demeking" is nothing but a relationship between a man child and three little boys. The director seems to bide his time before thrusting the budget in to the giant monster carnage and in spite of the foreshadowing, there's nothing remotely exciting to be mined here.
 
 Kame and his friends steal a magical scroll that can summon the master Demeking from his watery prison. When Kame and his friends try the magical incantation, they fail, and are left wondering when its mysterious holder will signal the rise of Demeking. Most of "Demeking" makes little to no sense and infuriates me in that it wears the shroud of a science fiction monster movie and is merely just a coming of age drama with a monster tacked on for a five minute cameo. And Demeking isn't even an interesting monster, when all is said and done.  

He's a gigantic snail with glowing yellow orbs who gazes at the screen like a dunce doing nothing but dragging along the streets and causing little unease from the audience. If we can only see it for an instance, at least make the monster something ferocious and horrific to behold. Not a glorified garden snail. "Demeking" wants us to believe that it's a monster movie. It works around the premise that the main character is walking around trying to warn people about the ensuing threat of Demeking, to which he is ultimately deemed a nut in the end. That is until the final scene arrives. But by then the movie has ended, so it's simply one big cheat, and nothing else. "Demeking" has so much potential to be a fun giant kaiju film, but it's merely a story about two men looking for a purpose in their lives. And nothing else. The DVD comes with the theatrical trailer and a still gallery.

If you're in the market for a story about two men trying to find a direction in life, then you're in luck! "Demeking" pretends to be a monster movie but really is just the aforementioned film. There's no monster madness, no horror, no terror, no violence, just a saccharine PG drama and barely fascinating characters.

 

 

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