Super.

Rating: 10/10 (25 June 2015)

Super 8 (2011): Dir: J.J. Abrams / Cast: Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler, Ron Eldard, Riley Griffiths: Creative storytelling that all begins with the reel of a film. A few teenagers are set to shoot a low budget zombie movie when they witness a collision between a train and a truck that intentionally drove onto the track. When military start scoping the area they realize that something isn't quite right. J.J. Abrams previously made Mission Impossible 3 and one of the best Star Trek films. Here he creates another intelligent film that begins one way yet ends up in another place altogether. It stars Joel Courtney as a young makeup artist whose parents were police officers. His mother died when she replaced another person's shift. He will learn of an alien creature that is attacking people and stealing them away until he comes face to face with it. Elle Fanning plays the girl whom acts in their film. She is guilt ridden that her alcoholic father was responsible for her friend's mother's death. Upon fleeing her father, she too will need rescue from a deep dark place. Kyle Chandler plays Courtney's father who arrests Fanning's father in the opening. He begins an investigation when military become involved in the wreckage. He will need to come to terms with his loss. Ron Eldard plays Fanning's father whose addiction causes a loss as well as friction that only forgiveness can resolve. Riley Griffith is the kid filming this in hopes of making a zombie flick but getting something else altogether. The special effects are imaginative bringing a sense of reality and old style filmmaking to a whole new place. Score: 10 / 10