Rated: PG-13

Once the terror strikes, these Mahattanites realize their soap-opera trivalties aren't the important issues they once thought they were.

DVD Features:

Cloverfield is a very "unstable" production. I couldn't walk straight for at least half an hour after watching it. While the camera work was interesting as far as perspectives go, it was also a bit tedious after a while. I think it would have been better served to have multiple view points.

The concept is original, considering the audience gets a bird's eye view of the victims in a monster attack rather than the monster or the people trying to kill it, however, you loose a lot of the storyline in the process. I like to watch a film and understand what is going on, one way or another. This film really did not provide that information.

It could have been done. The explanation of events could have happened through a news broadcast and projected through the home-video lens. It could have been explained when they were found and brought into the military camp as well. Or perhaps an ending that provided the ability to show what happened in retrospect while pointing to this video as part of history's documentary of events. Anything...but the viewer was left to try and piece things together on their own, and the more one tries to do this for Cloverfield, the more things just don't make sense.

The extras on this disc aren't shabby (and rightly so). From the traditional audio commentary, making of and visual effects featurettes, alternate endings, additional scenes, bloopers and easter eggs, there is definitely some worthy goodies to complement the film. There is a little over an hour of special DVD goodness.

Final Analysis: Cloverfield is an somewhat adequate action-thriller, with jarring camera work, little story and a whole lot of home-video-like improvisation. The DVD features really boost the value.

This Reviewer's Rating: 2.5 / 5

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