Claustrophobic and Creepy

Rating: 9/10 (3 April 2016)

Knowing absolutely nothing about it and having not seen it's spiritual predecessor Cloverfield, I went to see 10 Cloverfield Lane. I was impressed!
There's already a Spoiler notice on this review, but still if you haven't seen this film I will spoil it rotten so watch out!
After being run off the road by a truck, Michelle played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead finds herself chained to a wall alone in a stone cell. A man named Howard played by John Goodman tells her he's locked her up in the bunker to keep her safe against a nuclear holocaust as the air outside has been contaminated and is fatal to humans. But as she and fellow survivor Emmett played by John Gallagher, Jr. get used to living in the bunker, they begin to suspect Howard is not all that he seems.
The mystery element of this film is brilliant, when you think Howard is up to something he appears extremely creepy, but when you realise he may be telling the truth he still doesn't sit right with you and something seems odd about him.
The scene where Michelle and Emmett are having a laugh over dinner and Howard flips out smashing his hand against the table scared the absolute life out of me. I have never jumped so far out of a chair in my life. This film is full of jump-scares, and they all work perfectly. I was always on the edge of my seat, expecting something to happen that will make me jump out of my chair.
This film manages to unnerve you within the first five minutes which is awesome. Before the titles have even appeared, you are nervous and loving the suspense.
The most bizarre portion of the film is the final 15 minutes.
After Howard has killed Emmett and Michelle has made a biohazard suit, she escapes to find the air is completely breathable, making you think that everything Howard has said was false and she had been imprisoned in the bunker by him. Just as she realises this, taa- daaa, Aliens!
Aliens attack Michelle and attempt to exterminate her with toxic gas and an alien being that attacks her. She manages to destroy the ship and drives away where over the radio she hears the world has been overridden by Aliens.
This shock ending has been met differently by many people, personally I love it, I love how one of Howard's theories that has been laughed at by the characters and is played as a joke throughout the course of the film, turns out to be what's really happening. The aliens aren't the main focus of the film, they're just there for an awesome shock ending, which I love.
This films direction is amazing. It's so perfectly claustrophobic and tense and conveys the nightmare of being trapped in a bunker with a madman really well.
If I had one complaint, it would be the characters who are so dull that I struggled to remember their names after I'd walked out of the cinema.
The acting is amazing, simple as. Mary Elizabeth Winstead is perfect for every scene, John Goodman is creepy, funny and scary at the same time, and John Gallagher Jr. is perfect for this type of role.
So... Overall, 10 Cloverfield Lane is an amazing film that will have you laughing one minute, jumping out of your seat the next, intrigued the next minute, and surprised the next minute.
The acting and direction are amazing and convey perfectly what these characters are going through. The jump scares work perfectly and the story is fascinating, oh, and that ending!
Overall, this film was awesome!