‘Monster Trucks’ film set to lose millions due to unimpressed critics & audience

"Monster Trucks" is about to make its nationwide debut this Friday but initial viewers have given it a mixed reception. Alien creatures inhabiting trucks sounds like a good premise, but it takes more than idea to make a cool film.

"Monster Trucks" movie revolves around big trucks and small towns

The film introduces the audience to Tripp Coley (Lucas Till), a discontented high school student who wants something more than his sleepy town. He gets his wish one night when he meets an oil-eating alien creature running from an oil company, Terravex.

Tripp bonds with the creature and eventually names it "Creech". Wanting to find a way to hide Creech, Tripp enlists the help of his nerdy classmate, Meredith (Jane Levy). Together, they're able to hide the creatures in the old, disused farm trucks.

The heroes ultimately find themselves facing against Terravex, bringing to mind the ever-present "small town versus greedy company" trope of a classic adventure story.

Critics give "Monster Trucks" low ratings

According to the USA Today, the film was produced on a hefty budget of $125 million. Sadly, the live-action-animated movie only grossed $10 million so far. Paramount Pictures itself anticipates a $115 million loss.

The "Monster Trucks" film had huge expectations. In fact, it was supposed to herald a franchise of monster trucks, just like the "Transformers". Unfortunately, not many critics and viewers found the film satisfying or appealing enough.

"Monster Trucks" was mostly for families with young kids. In an interview with CinemaBlend, the film's director, Chris Wedge, said that the movie's experience was "kind of like kids imagine their toys moving around when they're playing with their little trucks".

Unfortunately, many of the critics and viewers were not young children playing with toy cars. Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a depressing 28 percent. The film still has some fans, though, who claim that the movie brought back 80s nostalgia.

The film had been shot in 2014, but was only released early this year due to restructuring of management positions. "Monster Trucks" will be available in theaters nationwide tomorrow, Jan. 13, 2017.