As a huge creature from the black lagoon fan I thought I was in for some cool creature feature movie but alas it turns out to be a romantic drama with gill man. The creature looks alot like the creature from hellboy who del Toro also directs from memory. Some great set pieces and beautiful old cars but I just didn't like this movie. The main female character is so dull, Michael Shannon plays a great evil G man set in that 60s Russian spy era. The monster looks good but the script is just weak, it's like a poor ripoff of creature from the black lagoon mixed with free willy. Too slow & not enough happens in 2 hours with no back story of where the gill man came from?? How do you make a monster movie dull?