The pre-title sequence of this unexpected side-quel is a masterful construction of images, pace and sound that engages straight away. After a short period of wrong-footing - is this Cloverfield? Hostel? Misery? - the movie very quickly settles down into a well-written but standard people-in-a-bunker-with-an-apocalypse-outside genre entry. Thus the film's success stands or falls on the cast, and with John Goodman (always seemingly just one step away from full-on crazy) and Mary Elizabeth Winstead (another nuanced performance) in full flight there is little to worry about on the acting front. Eventually, the actual Cloverfield link staggers in for a quite mad finale, which makes one wonder if this were an existing project retro-fitted for marketing purposes. Nevertheless, 10 Cloverfield Lane is a solidly-made and well-performed movie overall.
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