10 Cloverfield Lane

10 Cloverfield Lane

Rating 7.5 out of 10

My first thoughts on this movie was it wasn't for me.  I don't get much out of "scary" movies or low budget strange movies.  I saw some good reviews that sounded interesting and then people I knew saw and liked it.  Okay I'll give it a try.  I was glad I did.  This is a movie where the less you know about it going in I think the more you will enjoy it.

Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is leaving town after a marital breakup when she is in a bad car wreck.  When she wakes up she is in a bunker looking place with few memories of what happened.  In that bunker with her is Howard (John Goodman).  He built and stocked the bunker feeling sure an attack of some sort was imminent and he would be ready.  She is told an attack happened outside and the air won't be ok to breathe for atleast a year or two.  Not sure if the attack was from another country or aliens.  Either way you can't go outside to find out.

Is he smart enough to save everyone or crazy as a loon?  That's the movie.  Things movie at a fairly slow pace leading up to the satisfying ending.  I was entertained.  Not really a scary movie but made me jump several times.  If you plan to see this movie try to know as little as you can going in.