10 CLOVERFIELD LANE REVIEW

10 Clover field lane was a surprise announcement to many with JJ Abrams busy with a little film called Star Wars, he was still able to produce another film on the side.
When announced many thought it was a sequel to the found footage monster film Cloverfield in 2008 which Abrams also produced.

However this film is actually a rewrite of a different film called "the cellar", which never saw the light of day and once JJ and his team came on-board many changes were made.

The film opens with our main character Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) who seems to be having relationship problems, she packs up some belongings and drives off. while she is driving her boyfriend calls her which distracts her from the road and ends up in a violent car crash. when she wakes up she finds herself chained to a pipe with her injuries treated and in a small cell.

While struggling to understand whats happening we are introduced to Howard (John Goodman), he explains that he saved her and brought her to his custom made fallout shelter. he also explains that a terrible event has occurred on the surface and that Michelle should stay in the bunker where she will be safe.

As expected Michelle doesnt trust Howard who seems to be not entirely stable and wielding a revolver to boot. Michelle then learns that there's a third person in the shelter, a young man named Emmett (John Gallagher Jr) who Howard let into the shelter before this supposedly devastating event happened. To help quell Michelle's doubt Howard shows Michelle evidence that the surface isn't safe and so as time passes, the three characters learn to live together.

However through some shocking revelations it seems that the peaceful existence the three share isnt going to work and thorough a series of  intense scenes we are given the truth as to what has happened to the world above and whether Howard was telling truth after all.

10 Cloverfield Lane offers a tense, gripping experience with twists and turns along to the way to keep the viewer constantly enagaged. The movie never loses its grim and uneasy atmosphere building up to a satisfying and thrilling climax with the possibility of a sequel in the future but as it stands 10 Cloverfield lane is well written, brilliantly acted and makes the most of its claustrophobic setting, a must see and one the strongest films of the year so far!