Not at all. It takes place years after the first film and follows a bunch of U.S. soldiers out in Iraq of Afganistan or something. It's soooo boring and melodramatic, though. Like, if you think the first film is slow, this one easily tops it for being slow. The 2-3 minutes of Monsters is cool to see, but the other 90 minutes or so is just annoying because the characters absolutely suck.