John ''The Rock'' Goodman.

Rating: 9/10 (22 May 2017)

10 Cloverfield Lane will beat you up, drag down the stairs and then suddenly act like an old friend who will tell you some good jokes and offer a few beers. Just to beat you up to death again 10 minutes later. And with all due respect to Dwayne Johnson, it's John Goodman who should be called The Rock. Damn. It's such a relief to finally see a great thriller, one of the most abused genres probably. And a good sci-fi thriller is even a more rare specimen.
The film feels way more powerful and will scare the hell out of you more than any of its big scale rivals, even though it's mostly set in an apartment with just three characters. No cheap tricks or limb amputation. The thrill feels more like a Hitchcockian kind of suspense. You don't know what's happening – just some clues, most of which will be wrong. You have no idea where the story will turn now – the amount of jaw dropping plot turns is incredible. Mary Elisabeth Winstead (still a very underrated actress) deserves the highest appraisal too.
An exemplary thriller - smart, tense and well-crafted. The less you know about "10 Cloverfield Lane", the better. The script will keep you nervous all the time like a Russian roulette, but it's the performance of the cast that makes "10 Cloverfield Lane" much more than a one-trick pony.