“My name is Robert Hawkins. It’s 6:42 AM on Saturday, May 23rd. Approximately seven hours ago, some… thing attacked the city.”
Cloverfield does something great by not letting you get a good look at the monster for three-quarters of the runtime, building suspense and really making you feel like one of the people on the ground, scared but not quite knowing what’s going on.
★★★✩✩