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10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)



10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)



7/10



Starring
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
John Goodman
John Gallagher Jr.


Directed by Dan Trachtenberg


When a movie is well done, you can’t help but admire the creativity and production that went into making it a fun piece to watch. The acting of the leads was phenomenal, and the directing was totally awesome, deserving of applause for its delivery. The movie is directed by first-time director Dan Trachtenberg.

The packaging of this second film in the Cloverfield franchise is one to make your mouth water. The movie’s suspense and intensity grab your attention and make you concentrate, leaving you wondering:

  • Will things turn out sexually odd for Michelle, who’s locked in a bunker with two men?
  • Is there really something out there killing people, or is it biological warfare?
  • If the air is toxic, what are those sounds we keep hearing outside?
  • And why is Howard so shifty?

With all this running through your mind, just when things start to look like they’re adding up, something else happens that sends you down another path of wondering.

The movie features three main cast members, all locked in a bunker out of fear that the world outside is too toxic to live in. The only other person in this movie is a woman whose presence lasts about two minutes.


For me, it’s easy to make a movie with many people involved, but this movie only had three people (in a cast of four) delivering all the lines and building all the suspense to make you ache for more of the Cloverfield franchise.

Do note: Although this movie is produced by Bad Robot and is part of the Cloverfield franchise, it is not a direct sequel to the 2008 found-footage-style movie Cloverfield. The reason it was inducted as a franchise continuation is because of its theme, suspense, and fear intensity, which led the producers to dub it a “spiritual successor” to the first, but not a continuation. The entire movie’s content and story are totally different from its 2008 predecessor.

As mentioned above, the movie is about three people locked in a bunker out of fear that the world outside has been left toxic after an attack by an unknown enemy.
The survivors—Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), Howard (John Goodman), and Emmett (John Gallagher Jr.)—are locked in a bunker owned by Howard and built by Emmett. Michelle is told she was found by Howard after an accident, a story she doubts to be true.
That’s not the only thing Howard tells Michelle that she questions, because the longer she’s with him, the more obvious it becomes that Howard isn’t being straightforward with his two other roommates.

Here’s a movie I can guarantee you’ll enjoy and appreciate having seen.


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