The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)

Orbiting a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis, and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.

Director:

Julius Onah

Writers:

Oren Uziel (screenplay by), Oren Uziel (story by)

Stars:

Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Oyelowo, Daniel Brühl

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gugu Mbatha-Raw	...	Hamilton
David Oyelowo	...	Kiel
Daniel Brühl	...	Schmidt
John Ortiz	...	Monk
Chris O'Dowd	...	Mundy
Aksel Hennie	...	Volkov
Ziyi Zhang	...	Tam
Elizabeth Debicki	...	Jensen
Roger Davies	...	Michael
Clover Nee	...	Molly
Jordan Rivera	...	Ayana Age 7
Michael Stokes III	...	Isaac Age 7
Celeste Clark	...	Ayana Age 4
Nathan Oliver	...	Isaac Age 4
Donal Logue	...	Mark Stambler

Storyline

In the near future, there is an energy crisis on Earth. The Cloverfield Station with a multinational crew will test the Shepard particle accelerator expecting to generate energy for all countries solving the energy problem. However, the experiment goes wrong, damages the station and opens a portal to another dimension with a parallel Earth. They also find a woman entwined with wires behind a bulkhead of the station and they learn she worked in an identical Cloverfield Station in another dimension. Now the scientists need to find a way to return to their own dimension.

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Plot Keywords:

energy crisis | particle accelerator | space station | alternate dimension | alternate reality | 

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Taglines:

The future unleashed every thing.

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Mandarin

Release Date:

4 February 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

Clean Pass

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$26,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bad Robot,Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Simon Pegg is the voice on the radio at the very beginning explaining how the Particle Accelerator can "solve the worlds energy crisis".

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Goofs

In the opening scene, it is stated that "the world's energy resources will be fully exhausted in five years". As of 2018, around 25% of the world's energy comes from renewable sources that can't be exhausted.

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Quotes

Mundy: Hey guys, check out my arm. I think my arm is trying to write something.

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Connections

References 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

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Soundtracks

Don't Sweat the Technique
Written by Eric B. (as Eric Barrier) & Rakim (as William Griffin)
Performed by Eric B. & Rakim
Courtesy of Geffen Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Someone has forgotten about a script

Let's be blunt: the film made no sense at all.

Kudos to actors, to the special effects team and everyone else involved aside from the writer and director - they should never be allowed to write and direct again.

This movie physics and logic are only rivaled by Ridley Scott's Prometheus and Alient: Covenant. If you liked those movies, you might like this one, otherwise avoid at all costs.