this is turning out to be a good franchise

Rating: 7/10 (15 July 2017)

The 2008 found footage movie "Cloverfield" played with the audience by making you think early on that it was a sort of romantic comedy...before the important stuff started. Now comes "10 Cloverfield Lane". This movie plays with the audience even more. The main differences are that it's told in third-person narrative, and that it has recognizable faces. But it keeps you guessing about just what is going on.
John Goodman puts on one of the most impressive performances of his career, with fine support from Mary Elizabeth Winstead and John Gallagher Jr. As to the question of how much the movie relates to the 2008 movie, I'm eager to see where it goes from here, if in fact they make a third movie.
Good one.