Review of The Cloverfield Paradox (2018) by Jluis_001 — 06 Feb 2018

If there is something too obvious when you finish this movie, it's that it was far from being part of Cloverfield's anthology and that is quite clear when the events begin to unfold.

The Cloverfield Paradox cannot help feeling like two different films, probably the fact that the decision to add it to the Cloverfield universe was taken during the filming had a lot to do with it.

The narrative in general is too confusing and the little development that is allowed to the story and the characters is too poor, of all the actors despite being a certainly recognized cast, only Gugu Mbatha-Raw has a dramatic and emotional weight in the plot .

The editing only confuses more and being honest if they had really given more treatment to the script they could have created something more interesting, flashy and dynamic, because the story lent itself to it, it's true that the narrative resource of a dimensional rupture might seem too cliché within the field of Sci-Fi but here there were enough arguments to make it better, especially because of the enormous cult the original movie created and all the questions that left unanswered.

The Cloverfield Paradox apparently ends up giving an origin to the creature of the original film and the ending gives enough material to believe two possible things: or the original creature is still alive or that monster is the mother of that creature and let's say that's why this film will get a lot more validation from the fans.

Unquestionably and ironically the biggest flaw of the film ends up being its connection with the Cloverfield universe because obviously all of it feels forced, like an argumentative and narrative crutch, therefore the film never flows as it should and the real and more interesting mystery gets completely forgotten.

I don't consider it a disappointment, but frankly what it offered did not come anywhere near expectations much less the hype that was unleashed by its unconventional release. It certainly works for Netflix because of the exclusivity but I really hope that if Abrams plans to continue with this, as it seems to indicate Cloverfield: Overlord arriving in October, I hope better stories and honestly he should avoid continuing to give such crumbs of information, because it will work a few times but at that rate the audiences will get fed up.