Going into 10 Cloverfield Lane I expected the continuation of, or a story similar to, its 2008 predecessor with its handicam, found-footage and humans caught in the crossfire between aliens destroying New York City and the U.S. Army trying to stop. If you're expecting that blockbuster. If you're expecting Cloverfield, then you're going to come out either disappointed or confused.
10 Cloverfield Lane is nothing like Cloverfield. It doesn't follow typical sequel protocol, where a film takes the beats of the film before it and adds a new story with the same structure, so that the film feels different, but still familiar to the first. 10 Cloverfield Lane does none of that.
10 Cloverfield Lane is nothing like Cloverfield. It doesn't follow typical sequel protocol, where a film takes the beats of the film before it and adds a new story with the same structure, so that the film feels different, but still familiar to the first. 10 Cloverfield Lane does none of that.