Although it is a sequel to "The Cloverfield", the whole film is also trying its best to have various relationships with the previous work, so that the audience believes that this is indeed a companion piece of "Cloverfer", but seriously, this kind of The plot handling is really too far-fetched. It is not difficult to see that the producer is just using the popular IP of "Clover" to make cold rice. First of all, changing from a DV perspective movie to a traditional movie is a potential deduction item, and secondly, the deliberate shaping of the plot has far failed to achieve the expected effect, so it is not difficult to understand the neglect and bad reviews.
Personally, I think that instead of trying to get involved with "The Cloverfield File", it is better to promote it as an independent film. It has absolutely nothing to do with "Clover". After all, the film was originally based on the novel "The Basement" by American writers John Campbell and Matt Stuken, and was not positioned as a sequel to "Clover" when it was prepared and filmed earlier. It is not advisable to let this movie promote in the direction of the previous work just to cling to the previous work.
As for the plot, it is simply a story about kidnapping, trust, survival and escape in the context of the apocalypse, or with a little bit of the "Stockholm effect"? Overall, it seems a bit like "3096 Days", but at the end of the film, it tries to create the effect of "A Quiet Place". I believe that the audience who have been expecting the reversal of the plot sees such a reversal. , you will feel that the first half of the film used 90% of the length of the film, and the tension and doubts that were finally rendered were instantly drowned out, and the whole film became a second-rate film that tried hard to become popular with the previous work but was made nondescript. I don't like this part very much either, I think the ending part of this film should have been better, with an unexpected twist ending, a perfect ending.
But if you put aside the far-fetched content, just in terms of the independent effect of the film, in my personal opinion, the performance of this film is still good, and the rhythm of the progress of the plot is arranged just right, and it is not sloppy. There are a few puzzling places that can be taken out and chatted with friends who have seen it as a topic after dinner. I won’t go into details here because I’m worried about spoilers. If you are interested, you can still watch this film, it’s not as good as The previous one, but it's not bad either.
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