Ten Cloverfield Lane

Ten Cloverfield Lane is a 2016 American science fiction psychological thriller film directed by Dan Trachtenberg, at his directorial debut, written by Josh Campbell, Matthew Stucken and Damien Chazelle, and starring John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and John Gallagher, Jr. It is the second film in the Cloverfield franchise. The film was developed from a script titled The Cellar, but under production by Bad Robot, it was turned into a spiritual successor of the 2008 film Cloverfield. The film follows a young woman who is held in an underground bunker with two men who insist that a hostile event has left the surface of the Earth uninhabitable. The film is presented in a third-person narrative, in contrast to its predecessor's found footage style.

After surviving a car accident, Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) wakes up to find herself in an underground bunker with two men. Howard (John Goodman) tells her that a massive chemical attack has rendered the air unbreathable, and their only hope of survival is to remain inside. Despite the comforts of home, Howard's controlling and menacing nature makes Michelle want to escape. After taking matters into her own hands, the young woman finally discovers the truth about the outside world.

Initial release: March 10, 2016 (Colombia)

Director: Dan Trachtenberg

Box office: 108.3 million USD

Producers: J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk

Screenplay: Damien Chazelle, Josh Campbell, Matthew Stuecken

Following an argument with her fiancé Ben, Michelle leaves New Orleans and drives through rural Louisiana. Late at night, she turns on the radio only to hear that there were continuous blackouts in major cities. Distracted by a call from Ben, Michelle gets into an accident and is rendered unconscious. She wakes up in a concrete room chained to a wall in her underwear, and is approached by a man named Howard, who explains that an attack of unknown origin has taken place and that he brought her to his bunker after finding her on the side of the road. Michelle meets Emmett, another survivor who witnessed the attack and fled to Howard's bunker. During dinner, an unconvinced Michelle steals Howard's keys and tries to escape, but discovers Leslie, a woman suffering from severe skin lesions, begging to get into the bunker. When the desperate woman bangs her head against the bunker's reinforced door in an attempt to get in, Michelle realizes Howard was right and stays.

Eventually, this trio will start establishing to help located metro, in addition to Howard conveys to Michelle in relation to his or her little princess Megan, connected with with whom he / she shed custodianship. Although Michelle in addition to Emmett gradually diagnose inconsistencies with his or her report, finally getting which the snapshot connected with "Megan" Howard exhibited Michelle will be of which connected with Brittany, some sort of high-school classmate connected with Emmett's more radiant sis exactly who journeyed missing out on 24 months previous to. When locating a different photography connected with Howard as well as a glum Brittany from the bunker, Michelle in addition to Emmett be aware that Howard abducted in addition to murdered Brittany. Acknowledging of which Howard is usually risky, they understand approach an escape in addition to vogue some sort of makeshift biohazard accommodate, although Howard detects likely setting up anything. With safety connected with Michelle, Emmett takes this responsibility in addition to states he / she seemed to be building a artillery as a way to gain access to Howard's marker, hoping Michelle to help esteem them identical technique your lover recognized Howard. Soon after web receiving this apology by Emmett, Howard summarily murders them that has a revolver. Michelle is effective to try and do this biohazard accommodate although is usually all over again observed by means of Howard, exactly who becomes aware of the woman legitimate goals connected with causing. Shown, Michelle helps make the woman evade endeavor and is particularly cornered by means of Howard, although dumps some sort of vat connected with perchloric p with them, drastically getting rid of them in addition to by accident starting off a utility flame. Your lover climbs throughout the fresh air ducts in spite of the used Howard's protests of which "You are not able to function by them", positions within the accommodate, in addition to runs away external, where by your lover becomes aware of the oxygen seriously isn't deadly.

Some sort of techno-organic extraterrestrial hobby presents itself from the mileage; this bunker subsequently explodes on the flame, eradicating Howard at the same time in addition to illustrating this craft's focus. Michelle is usually infected because of the hobby in addition to by way of animal and incapacitated. This hobby lets out deadly propane, pushing the woman for taking animal shelter with Howard's pick up truck, that's subsequently selected because of the hobby the way it endeavors to enjoy the woman. Even so, Michelle assembles some sort of Molotov mixture in addition to kicks the item into your hobby, that's wrecked. Michelle hard drives absent with Leslie's car or truck in addition to listens to some sort of airwaves sent out in relation to effective people amount of resistance work. Survivors usually are guided to help evacuate to the north connected with Baton Rouge, though these competent to facilitate this deal with usually are guided to help Houston; accomplishing some sort of crossroads, your lover minds intended for Houston though a couple different on the planet ? lines sometimes appears from the fresh air as soon as super punches the night air.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Michelle

John Goodman as Howard Stambler

John Gallagher, Jr. as Emmett DeWitt

Bradley Cooper as Ben (voice)

Suzanne Cryer as Leslie

Box office

As of June 2, 2016, 10 Cloverfield Lane has grossed $72 million in the United States and $36.2million in other territories for a worldwide total of $108.3 million.

In the United States and Canada, the film made $1.8 million from its Thursday night previews at 2,500 theaters, and $8 million on its first day (including Thursday previews). In its opening weekend, it earned $24.7 million, finishing in second place at the box office behind Zootopia ($51.3 million), which was in its second weekend.

Outside North America, 10 Cloverfield Lane is receiving a staggered release,across 54 countries. It earned just $1.5 million in its opening weekend from six international markets with a bulk of it coming from Australia ($1 million). Overall, the top openings were in the United Kingdom and Ireland ($2.2 million), South Korea ($1.7 million), and France ($1.4 million).

Critical response

10 Cloverfield Lane received positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 90%, based on 251 reviews, with a weighted average score of 7.5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Smart, solidly crafted, and palpably tense, 10 Cloverfield Lane makes the most of its confined setting and outstanding cast—and suggests a new frontier for franchise filmmaking." Metacritic gives the film a score of 76 out of 100, based on 43 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B–" on an A+ to F scale.

Bill Zwecker of the Chicago Sun-Times gave 10 Cloverfield Lane four stars out of four, commending the film as "continually gripping and extremely engrossing . [Dan Trachtenberg] helmed this film with artistry, imagination and skillful precision." Jeannette Catsoulis of the New York Times praised the cast's performance and Jeff Cutter's cinematography, while writing: "Sneakily tweaking our fears of terrorism, '10 Cloverfield Lane,' though no more than a kissing cousin to its namesake, is smartly chilling and finally spectacular. A sequel is virtually a given." Alan Scherstuhl of Village Voice also praised the acting and technical aspects, but wrote that the film "is less compelling in terms of character and meaning."

In a mixed review for Slant, Chuck Bowen found a lack of character development between the three leads, and labeled the film's ending as anticlimactic. Bowen also writes: "The film hits its expositional narrative marks and nothing else . 10 Cloverfield Lane will almost immediately evaporate from the mind, before J.J. Abrams commences in selling you the same thing all over again." Soren Andersen of the Seattle Times, who gave 10 Cloverfield Lane one and half stars out of four, similarly criticized the film's ending, labeling it as "full-bore" and "Too little. Too late."James Verniere of the Boston Herald disapproved of the characters and pacing, and he ultimately described the film as "a crummy, low-rent, intellectually bereft thriller."