10 Cloverfield Lane

 

Cloverfield 10 Cloverfield Lane 2016

Director: Dan Trachtenberg

Based on the book: no

Cast: John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher Jr

Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:

John Goodman – Atomic Blonde, Kong Skull Island, Inside Llewyn Davis, Dancing on the Edge, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Artist, My First Mister, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Bringing Out the Dead, The Big Lebowski, Barton Fink, Sea of Love, Arizona Junior

Mary Elizabeth Winstead – Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, Scott Pilgrim vs the World, Factory Girl

John Gallagher Jr – Short Term 12

Why? Second of the Cloverfield trilogy.

Seen: 14 November 2021      

       Michelle (Winstead) is driven off the road. When she comes to, she’s chained to a bed in a bunker. The man keeping her there, Howard, (Goodman) tells her he’s rescued her and is keeping her alive. There has been an attack – nuclear? alien? – and everybody outside his bomb shelter is dead.

       Is it true? Is he crazy? He’s definitely prepared for a long siege, all mod cons included.

       There is another inhabitant, Emmett (Gallagher). He tells Michelle that he helped build the bunker and that Howard has always been obsessed by conspiration theories. Is Emmett crazy too?

       Those of us who have seen Cloverfield are beginning to see a connection.

       Not as innovative as Cloverfield, it is still well acted and very exciting. 

3 ½ * of 5.