Better than the first film in the Cloverfield franchise

Rating: 9/10 (28 March 2016)

There are few films that I can honestly say are quite brilliant. This movie had so many layers to it, one can't help but love it. Even if you're not into sci-fi like me, you'll probably like it because it's a thriller and exciting.
The movie is the second Cloverfield film, but there's no apparent connection to the first film at all, which indicates it takes place in a different universe or timeline, but it's still science fiction. So I guess that the Cloverfield franchise is similar to The Twilight Zone. One could theorize a way that this film could be connected to the last film, but it's all just speculation more than anything. It doesn't really matter, because this is still an entirely different story.
The first film I saw in theaters when it first came out, I was more interested in seeing the Star Trek teaser trailer than the movie itself, and the movie was filmed in a way that made me feel incredibly sick. I never watched it again, but it was a cool story.
That being said, this movie is better, it's filmed like a traditional film for one thing. This is John Goodman's best work by the way. The movie presents so many questions. I just loved it. Especially considering there was next to nobody in the cast, just four people in the whole movie I think. Not counting the photographs.
Anyway, unlike the first movie, which was a monster film, this is an alien invasion story. Actually that's not even right. It's a story about a man who kidnaps a girl...that's not right...I really don't know what the movie is about, I just know it's awesome! Watch it...