The movie's logic is quick to leave like a fling of the season. Seemingly, "The Cloverfield Paradox" is a vow to endure the epic momentum of the "Cloverfield" franchise. Alas, it does not. J.J. Abrams may have produced the latest science fiction horror of the series, but it feels lost from another dimension -- one where Abrams and the good "Cloverfield" installments do not exist.
God forbid, bring "The Cloverfield Paradox" to the dark hole it came from. The movie is the monster that peers through the heavens, and the filmmakers should have stopped its birth while they could. Still, they let it happen. Now the franchise is grazed with a blemish that only exists to tether the series. On to the next one, please.
Featuring astronauts that believe their guts more than science, they naturally panic as the Earth vanishes due to a reactor's mishap. Chaos methodically opens a portal that mixes their reality with an alternate, thus, activating the jump scares. Though the spacemen fail to at least attempt conducting scientific methods to locate their home planet. Moreover, the scares actually emancipates to nothing but space dust.
Understandably shocked, lead astronauts Hamilton (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) and Kiel (David Oyelowo) choose to trust a shady, spontaneous dimension than their own crew. Their naiveness subdues the effectivity of unlikely hero Schimdt (Daniel Bruhl). Practical reasoning could sure have existed in their reality, saying it would have been better to stick with and believe their team (well, except for the one astronaut). Yet their rationality seemed to have disappeared with the Earth.
Hamilton then engages in the formulaic good-versus-bad showdown, and just when it finally starts to make sense, she lunges to battle like a child in a space suit. "The Cloverfield Paradox" looks as if it is an outrageous love child of "Alien" and "Child's Play."
Far from a reasonable watch, "The Cloverfield Paradox" is just a solid family thriller for the weekend. A film that certainly never ambitioned to feature story and technical depth that matches deep space. Audiences would be in for a treat if they gazed at the deepness of the galaxy instead.
Ultimately, "The Cloverfield Paradox" redeems itself from the mind-melting experience late in the run time. The movie finally re-connects to the rest of the entries in the "Cloverfield" universe which should enthrall fans to the next picture of Abrams' sinister series. Nevertheless, due to their alienated logic the movie's astronauts must not be allowed re-entry to Earth, as one of the characters furiously insist, because the world already has enough of a monster. It would be best for this dimension.
Director: Julius Onah
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