Godzilla: King Of The Monsters is in the theaters, so of course, that means The Asylum has a cheap rip off on SyFy. That would be house director Mark Atkins’ Monster Island, which could easily be retitled Cheap Generic Kaiju Movie. And, as an added bonus, it features worse effects than the 1970s films it rips off.
Billy Ford (Adrian Bouchet, The Crypt, Knights of the Damned) is a billionaire who’s into undersea mining. Well, we’re told he’s a billionaire and the exteriors of his oceanfront mansion are stunning. The insides seem a bit unfurnished, and he seems to only have two employees, but that’s beside the point. When something happens to his undersea mining drone he and his two employees, Cherise (Donna Cormack Thomson) and Riley (Chris Fisher, Black Sails, 6 Headed Shark Attack)head out to investigate. Government agent Sarah Murray (Natalie Robbie) is waiting for them on the dock demanding answers. So, of course, she ends up coming along for the trip as well.