This is a lesser version of the kid-befriends-and-saves-mysterious-creature-from-evil-adults story...though it's not complete garbage either. The driving is fun, the monsters are cool, the plot is clear. Its biggest issue is the "hero", who's dull, whiny, cliched, and pompous. The film certainly isn't great or at all original, but there are much worse things to show your kids.

I saw this movie when I was travelling to New York on a plane and I really enjoyed the movie. This movie was absolutely fun especially with when the alien was fixing the chase scene. The acting was good. This film is definitely no Dragon Ball evolution. The CGI was very awesome and the story was cleaver. Overall very fun.

My son went to see this film with his friends and they left before the film finished yet they were the target audience!The film is not great but it is family friendly and cheesy with not too good special effects. It lacks the bombast as well as the verve of the Transformer films.High school teenager Tripp (Lucas Till) works part time in a junkyard when he finds a large slimy creature that consumes oil and takes shelter in the hood of a truck which the monster can control.The oil company whose fracking activities unleashed the monster have sent a team to hunt it down as Tripp with a high school friend Meredith try to evade them. They get help from Tripp's mom's boyfriend who is the sheriff and get hindered by Tripp's dad.The film has a pro green agenda but the script is a bit dumb and so is the lead actor.

The story is simple, not a smart one, not a funny one (ok, a bit). Just a simple story for an evening entertainment. Not a great story to be taught. Several months passed since we watched this, only 3 years old boy somehow remembers the monster truck, the rest of kids never discussed it, what I see is quite bad for such a budget.