The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2018
	Director: Julius Onah
	Actors: Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Jupiter Ascending), David Oyelowo, Daniel Brühl (Inglorious Basterds, Captain America: Civil War)
	Country: USA
	Genre: SF, Thriller
	Conditions of visioning: 07.04.2018, VOD, 32" TV screen.
Synopsis: Onboard a station orbiting Earth, a group of scientist attempts to resolve the World energy crisis by firing up the most powerful particle accelerator ever built.
Review: Watching the first movie Cloverfield was one of the best cinematographic experience of my life, not because it is such a masterpiece but because of the conditions in which I watched it that made it memorable: one day of 2009, one of my first Blu-ray movies watched on a brand-new Full-HD Home Cinema with surround sound, and on one evening back-to-back with John Rambo that I also appreciated greatly. Both movies kept me clinging to my seat during that memorable evening. I haven't seen yet 10, Cloverfield Lane, but it seems that the three movies of that franchise are very different one from the other. The Cloverfield Paradox made the choice of going full Science Fiction, and in passing explain within 10 minutes the events of at least the first movie. I like how they re-use the real story of people's fear when the LHC particle accelerator opened (see Particle Fever), a story also present in the fictional Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman. The decimation of the crew of a Space station by mysterious forces furiously reminds of the recent Life and of course of the model of the genre Alien. But while laws of physics (in particular zero-gravity) were respected in the former and not important in the latter, it annoyed me that they were completely ignored in this movie, which is even more embarrassing that those are scientists on the station. Once that accepted, I could enjoy the rest of a show composed of enough mystery and SF for me. The political context on Earth, to which we keep contact thanks to some news videos and also via the character of Kiel left there, helps appreciating the stakes. All-in-all a satisfying SF flick, even more when placed in the context of the whole Cloverfield franchise (the Universe known as the Cloververse).
Rating: 6 /10