Critics! Stop them! (Image © Netflix)
THE CLOVERFIELD PARADOX: D
There’s a reason why The Cloverfield Paradox, the third entry in the Cloverfield franchise, was dumped onto Netflix. It’s not that The Cloverfield Paradox is necessarily awful, either. This sci-fi adventure about a team of scientists trapped in another dimension is simply too forgettable, employing a bag of sci-fi tropes and moments of “unexplained weirdness” to fill its hour-and-42-minute runtime. The Cloverfield Paradox does have moments of competency, but it strives to go nowhere. Once the bag of tricks runs out, so does the film.
I believe it was Virgil who once said, “Beware of [movie producers] bearing gifts.”
Scott Waldyn
The Cloverfield Paradox
Starring Daniel Brühl, Elizabeth Debicki, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Oyelowo, and Chris O'Dowd
Written by Oren Uziel
Directed by Julius Onah
Streaming on Netflix