The sequel takes place ten years after the first, when the threat has reached a global scale. The alien visitors have spread from their comfortable little quarantine zone on the Mexican border and are now a worldwide issue. It wasn't that the film was a mere carbon copy of its predecessor, Gareth Edwards' 2010 indie Monsters. https://rickysfilmreviews.com/2015/05/05/monsters-dark-continent-3 The alien visitors have spread from their comfortable little quarantine zone on the Mexican border and are now a worldwide issue. Starring: Johnny Harris, Sam Keeley, Joe Dempsie The Dark Continent is one of the most intriguing places in the world of Hunter x Hunter, yet also the most dangerous at the same time.It was first introduced to the fans towards the conclusion of the 13th Chairman Election Arc and has since then become one of the central to the story of the series.. RELATED: Hunter X Hunter: The 10 Best Episodes (According To IMDb) With a screening of Monsters: Dark Continent came a distinct feeling of déjà vu. Dark Continent is set ten years after the first Monsters film. Monsters: Dark Continent moves the action to a different continent and never explains how the monsters ended up in that location considering the first one being set in Mexico. The only thing the two films share is the fact that the monsters themselves play a minor role, and that they lack entertainment value. Thinly drawn though Monsters: Dark Continent’s characters are, it’s worth seeing on a big screen for the quality of its fearsome visuals and sound. Monsters: Dark Continent keeps the creatures but changes the setting, the characters, and subgenre. The ancestors of the human race apparently migrated from there to the Known World, as the deciphering of myths and the study of ancient ruins seem to testify. Monsters: Dark Continent, film review: Random plotting and jarring changes in tone (15) Tom Green, 121 mins. The Dark Continent (暗 (あん) 黒 (こく) 大 (たい) 陸 (りく) () () (), Ankoku Tairiku) is a place that stretches beyond the Known World which is nested inside the gigantic Lake Mobius (located at the center of the Dark Continent). Story-wise, the Dark Continent screenplay written by Jay Basu (The Dinosaur Project) picks up seven years after the first Monsters installment - trading in an "infected zone" near the U.S./Mexico border ("infected" meaning where mysterious giant aliens run wild) for a different area in the Middle East. Based on this very brief teaser, Monsters: Dark Continent looks like it might really mean business. (In fact, I'm impressed that the sequel at least tries to do its own thing instead of re-doing the first film.) Monsters: Dark Continent is the sequel to Gareth Edwards' 2010 film, Monsters.