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Rating: Null/10 (31 March 2018)

A difficult film to rate, on the basis that 10 Cloverfield Lane is an entertaining and gripping watch, however, it is also an amazingly irritating rehash of sorts, of 2008's Cloverfield, that ends up elongating the already unanswered questions of its predecessor, while creating a mountain heap more.
10 Cloverfield Lane unfortunately feels like a middle finger to fans and viewers. Two films in, and this series/franchise has literally said nothing about anything. The first time it was brilliant really, however with this film, it's extremely annoying, though still enjoyable. Cloverfield and 10 Cloverfield Lane's type of approach and mystery is VERY, VERY, VERY, reminiscent of Lost.
At this point, given the angle this franchise is taking, it can keep going indefinitely, telling side stories that are around the main, and still unexplained, unanswered and unexplored story arc.
Winstead and Goodman are great, true, but this film doesn't say anything, move anywhere and it accomplishes even less than what Cloverfield did. What is going on? What are these creatures and where do they come from? Hell, even if Trachtenberg and Co. didn't want to answer those particular mysteries as yet, almost 10 years later, then; Who is Howard? Did he kill the girl in the photo? Why did he lie about that girl being Megan? What is Howard's agenda? That injured woman, what happened to her? Even Emmett doesn't feel like he was fully developed, to point where it feels difficult to accept his death.
Also, am I the only one confused by the end part of this film? An end part by the way, that kind of falls apart just a little bit too, during all that puzzlement.
Thoroughly enjoyable movie, but, it says less, does less and accomplishes less, while creating more, and more, and more questions, that may never really be addressed, as there may be no reason to.
10 Cloverfield Lane has positioned itself as a movie that is either pretty great, or annoyingly useless, depending on how its sequel will approach the story as a whole.