In 2008 Cloverfield was released, a science fiction film created and produced by J. J. Abrams. Eight years later in 2016 its first sequel was released, 10 Cloverfield Lane, however, without knowing the connection between one film and the other I decided to venture to see the sequel without knowing where I was getting, the result was not the most satisfactory, however, I was entertained a little, so I'll talk about it.

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Year: 2016
Category: Psychological Thriller, Science Fiction.
Director: Dan Trachtenberg.
Cast: John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher Jr.

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Plot

A young woman drives on the highway to New Orleans until she is hit by a truck and taken to a bunker, where she is held against her will, there she will face her raptor who alleges that the air outside the bunker turned toxic and if she goes abroad will endanger the life of both.

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Opinion

Michelle, a young girl of whom we know almost nothing, drives to New Orleans after breaking up with her boyfriend when she is suddenly hit by a truck causing the car to leave the road and she falls into a state of unconsciousness. Upon awakening she is in an underground bunker lying on a mat, connected to an IV, and with a leg attached to the wall. Howard, who brought her there, claims to have saved her life by rescuing her from the overturned car and bring her to his bunker, since he claims that the country has been attacked by a foreign military power, or worse, by aliens. Michelle, of course, is not convinced by his words and thinks that he is a madman who has kidnapped her, so she tries to run away until she meets Emmett, who confirms the version of Howard's story.

I must say that the film is a mixture of genres realized in a very abrupt and without any type of subtlety, the film is a Psychological Thriller well done until from one moment to another it becomes in a Science Fiction movie, which always was, but that does not give any true signal for the viewer to confirm, and whose end result ends up being very inorganic and incoherent.

Throughout the film an atmosphere of doubt surrounds the protagonist, who does not know what to think, and who believe that everything could be a hoax, but the risk of know the truth would be very high in turn. Unfortunately, in the final part of the movie the "surprise" twist makes everything lose strength and several questions remain unanswered. I will not say spoilers, but many things established by the script make me wonder if everything I saw really makes sense, if everything was a joke made by the writers who tell us one thing and then they do another, or if all it is the fruit of an incredible coincidence, and that we actually find two separate stories before, but that have been fused by force. Yes, very confusing.

The pace of the film is good, especially in the first 40 minutes, but then there is a kind of transition time that makes the interest of the viewer decay a little, however, it recovers to finally ends in an entertaining way but madly absurd.

The direction work is fine, Dan Trachtenberg, whom I only know from his work in the Black Mirror series where he directed the second episode of the third season called Playtest, did something acceptable but very regular, does not stand out at all. The film script seems inorganic, but it's not bad either, it has several good things.

As for the performances, highlights the performance of John Goodman, which manages to convey the emotional and psychological instability of his character in a great way. Mary Elizabeth Winstead does a good job as a protagonist, but nothing special, is the classic final girl, with the same evolution as always. On the other hand John Gallagher Jr. practically does not do anything, he does not manage to transmit any emotion, his character seems more an exclusively narrative element than a true character.

Despite all its shortcomings the film manages to keep the viewer entertained, in addition, maintains a fast pace and does not pay attention to deepening things that should not be deepened.

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