Cloverfield (2008) 6/10

Starring : Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas, TJ Miller, Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel, Odette Yustman
Director : Matt Reeves
Running Time : 84 mins

A group of young people at a Bon Voyage party find their festivities interrupted by a bizarre monster attack on New York City. The group make an attempt to flee the city to escape the devastation and save one of their friends who has become trapped in a nearby building, all of which is recorded on their handheld camcorder.

I really don’t understand what all the hype was about this movie. I mistakenly expected a comedy simply based on the presence of Lizzy Caplan, but instead got a shaky-cam monster movie with very little going for it. The idea is original, having someone filming a disaster as it happens rather than intending to film it from the get go, but the execution wasn’t to my liking in spite of some interesting moments.

You’ll like this if you liked : Dawn Of The Dead