Directed by : Chris Williams 

You can be a hero and still be wrong. 

A still from 'The Sea Beast'

Spoilers ahead... 


Popularly known as Monster Hunters, Jacob Holland (voice by Karl Urban) and Captain Crow (voice by Jared Harris) on their 'Inevitable' ship are headed to hunt down a sea monster 'The Red Bluster'.  They soon find out that a little girl Maisie (voice by Zaris-Angel Hator), a big fan of them, unknowingly had sneaked into the ship. As the journey goes on, Maisie and Jacob discover being a hero isn't always about winning fights. 

The idea of 'Monsters can be good too' or 'War isn't good' has been explored a hell lot in past decade, and here it's not properly executed making it feel like forced upon specially due to Maisie, who for her age acts too much like an adult. 

The starting 15 mins of movie is enjoyable, but the shift of story moment Maisie turns up on the ship starts to derail the movie as the sea adventure never really wows me. Even the animation of the sea monster looked bad probably aimed for the children, and it didn't help that the mannerisms reminded me of Godzilla (for the way she shows anger) and also King Kong (for the relationship she forms with Maisie)

I do like the bonding between Jacob and Captain Crow initially, and would have preferred it to stay same or atleast a valid reason given for the hatred Captain Crow has for the monsters. That's the problem of movie, we are left to assume a lot, nothing is exactly mentioned. The witch sequence felt completely un-necessary and the ending was predictable along with a preachy tone.

Overall, The Sea Beast is one of those movies that you may re-watch in future but you just can't love it. 

My Rating : 5/10