Cloverfield was one of the more inventive monster movies of recent years. A giant kaiju seen through the narrow lens and limited perspective of an every man on the streets as the buildings fall down and the people die. Making a sequel posed problems since the core gimmick was so specific, but 10 Cloverfield Lane does a good job. It's good because it doesn't ape the original in any way but rather offers up another limited perspective to world shattering event and keeps the audience at bay, as confused as the protagonist. It's a winner and has a dandy upbeat ending -- for a movie about impending apocalypse.
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