Review of 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) by Moviemitch96 — 11 Mar 2016

Wow! What can I say other than this movie completely exceeded even the highest of my expectations! Being such a huge fan of 2008's Cloverfield, I was certainly intrigued and looking forward to seeing just how much this film would expand upon that film in terms of the storyline or the monster.

However, what I got from this film was definitely much more than I expected to get, and in a good way! The story, setting, atmosphere, etc was all so tense and mysterious from start to finish! Even the small, yet highly effective cast kept things plenty entertaining and interesting.

Mary Elizabeth WInstead and John Gallagher Jr. both give solid performances, but holy hell brace yourself for John Goodman, who delivers such a menacing and chilling as hell performance, and undoubtedly his most memorable one in a long time! As for the story and its connection to Cloverfield, without giving anything away, the final twenty minutes or so should be enough to satisfy those who were dying to know if it ties in with that film in any way, but it's also effective in the sense that it can make the film stand out on its own really well too.