Review: 'The Cloverfield Paradox' is Not Nearly as Good as It Should Be

What a surprise. Netflix rattled the cages of Hollywood by suddenly premiering the new Cloverfield movie streaming online just hours after the first footage debuted during a TV spot in the middle of the Super Bowl. So here it is – The Cloverfield Paradox – Bad Robot’s next new sci-fi story that has been repackaged as a Cloverfield sequel/prequel to continue this “franchise” following 10 Cloverfield Lane (from 2016). Oh, how I wish this film was much better than it is. Alas, it’s quite a big let down, not nearly as good as it should be, a mostly messy, inconsistent, mildly entertaining high concept sci-fi film that doesn’t amount to much. And clearly the Cloverfield aspect in it was stuffed in, it’s so obvious, and it doesn’t add anything to the overall story. The basic idea behind this is cool, but the execution is not, and the film suffers from a lack of finesse. ›››

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