The Cloverfield Paradox
The future unleashed every thing.
2018 | 102m | English
Popularity: 14 (history)
| Director: | Julius Onah |
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| Writer: | Oren Uziel, Doug Jung |
| Staring: |
| Orbiting above 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. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 04, 2018 |
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| Director: | Julius Onah |
| Writer: | Oren Uziel, Doug Jung |
| Genres: | Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller |
| Keywords | experiment, disorientation, space, alien, scientist, space station, vexed, desperate, parallel universe, alternate universe, disheartening |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures, Bad Robot |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $45,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Gugu Mbatha-Raw | Ava Hamilton |
| Daniel Brühl | Schmidt |
| Chris O'Dowd | Mundy |
| David Oyelowo | Kiel |
| John Ortiz | Monk Acosta |
| Zhang Ziyi | Tam |
| Elizabeth Debicki | Mina Jensen |
| Aksel Hennie | Volkov |
| Roger Davies | Michael Hamilton |
| Clover Nee | Molly |
| Donal Logue | Mark Stambler |
| Simon Pegg | Radio Voice |
| Greg Grunberg | Joe (voice) |
| Jordan Rivera | Ayana Age 7 |
| Suzanne Cryer | Newscaster |
| Nathan Oliver | Isaac (age 4) |
| Celeste Clark | Ayana Age 4 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Russell Earl | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Natasha Mullan | Second Assistant "B" Camera |
| Julius Onah | Director |
| Oren Uziel | Screenplay |
| Anne Morgan | Hair Department Head |
| Mike Piccirillo | Assistant Art Director, Art Department Coordinator, Art Direction |
| Denise Chamian | Casting |
| Don Bitters III | Visual Effects |
| Jack Serino | Grip |
| Tom Macdonald | Costume Supervisor |
| Nev Smith | Stand In |
| Colleen Atwood | Costume Design |
| Dan Mindel | Director of Photography |
| Alisa Hensley | Stunt Double |
| Chris O'Hara | Stunts |
| Stephen Bralver | Stunt Double |
| Daniel Arrias | Stunt Double |
| Bethany Levy | Stunts |
| PeiPei Alena Yuan | Stunt Double |
| Andy Clement | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Bear McCreary | Original Music Composer |
| Doug Jung | Screenplay |
| Alan Baumgarten | Editor |
| Doug J. Meerdink | Production Design |
| Elizabeth Cortez | Hairstylist |
| Randi Mavestrand | Makeup Artist |
| Geneva Nash Morgan | Key Makeup Artist |
| Betsy Megel | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Lisa Rodgers | Post Production Supervisor |
| Mark Anthony Little | First Assistant Director |
| Christopher T. Sadler | Second Assistant Director |
| Gustaf Aspegren | Assistant Art Director |
| Jay K. Bedore | Carpenter |
| Jeremy Cisneros | Set Dresser |
| James Crain | Carpenter |
| Patrick Dunn-Baker | Set Designer |
| Andre Freimann | Set Dresser |
| Joseph Hiura | Set Designer |
| Stephanie Kenny | Set Decorating Coordinator |
| Lizzy Jane Klein | Researcher |
| Courtney Laine Koller | Art Department Coordinator |
| Fabian Lacey | Conceptual Illustrator |
| Paul Mugavero | Set Dresser |
| Paul Penley | Set Dresser |
| Rich Romig | Set Designer |
| Chris Samp | Standby Painter |
| Chris Sanford | Set Designer |
| Andrew M. Siegel | Property Master |
| Chris Snyder | Construction Coordinator |
| Gregg Szabo | Set Dresser |
| Michael Thurman | Set Dresser |
| Fante Zamora | Set Dresser |
| Joseph E. Colmenero | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Justin M. Davey | Sound Effects Editor |
| Craig Dollinger | Boom Operator |
| Steven A. Morrow | Sound Mixer |
| Matt Yocum | Sound Effects Editor |
| Blumes Tracy | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Tricia Barrett | Digital Compositors |
| Jingjing Fan | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Jason H. Snell | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Li Zi Yang | Digital Compositors |
| Ashlen Aquila | Stunts |
| Mike Massa | Stunt Coordinator |
| Craig Frosty Silva | Stunts |
| Josh Bleibtreu | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Greg Etheredge | Lighting Technician |
| Scott Garfield | Still Photographer |
| Joe Macaluso | Key Grip |
| John R. Manocchia | Rigging Gaffer |
| Bruce McCleery | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Pete Romano | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Beth Day | Casting Associate |
| Susan Lee | Set Costumer |
| Liz Oliver | Ager/Dyer |
| Kelly Porter | Set Costumer |
| Timothy A. Wonsik | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Torrie Goedtel | Post Production Assistant |
| Dan Romero | Transportation Captain |
| Joseph Badagliacca | Set Production Assistant |
| Jacob Brades | Set Production Assistant |
| Jean-Paul Chreky | Script Supervisor |
| Elena Dizon | Stand In |
| Daniela Giraldo | Set Production Assistant |
| Terri Greening | Production Accountant |
| Elizabeth Himelstein | Dialect Coach |
| Laura Peña | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Michyl-Shannon Quilty | Production Coordinator |
| David Philip Reed | Stand In |
| Alley Sardi | Set Production Assistant |
| Jake Waller | Script Coordinator |
| Rebecca Valente | Editor |
| Matt Evans | Editor |
| Brian Adler | Visual Effects |
| Christopher Prampin | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Mark Hadland | Assistant Chief Lighting Technician |
| Dawn Gilliam | Script Supervisor |
| Jonathan Gesinski | Storyboard Artist |
| Sara Philpott | Set Decoration Buyer |
| John Herrera McElroy | On Set Dresser |
| Jeanie King | Executive Visual Effects Producer |
| Brandon Beckman | Stunts |
| Martin De Boer | Stunt Double |
| Brian Avery | Stunt Double |
| Michael T. Brady | Stunts |
| Kevin Arnold | Stunt Double |
| Kiralee Hayashi | Stunt Double |
| Kris A. Jeffrey | Stunts |
| Randy Haynie | Stunts |
| Darryl Reeves | Stunts |
| Michael McGuire | Stunts |
| Kyle Weishaar | Stunts |
| Bill Corso | Makeup Department Head |
| Doug Shamburger | Boom Operator |
| Joe Studzinski | Conceptual Illustrator |
| Josh Viers | Concept Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Bob Dohrmann | Executive Producer |
| J.J. Abrams | Producer |
| Lindsey Weber | Producer |
| Tommy Harper | Executive Producer |
| Jon Cohen | Executive Producer |
| Matt Reeves | Executive Producer |
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Putting Roy on a space station might sound like a bad idea, but making this movie was even worse. The Cloverfield Paradox is a rushed copy/paste job with not enough time to glue the events together. A bit of Alien here, a splash of The Philadelphia Experiment there and a handful of other classic sci ... -fi flicks sprinkled on top. Oh, that bit in Evil Dead was funny, lets have some of that too! Wrap it up with a title that attracts the horror people too and it is time to cash in the mockbuster it is. Netflix. Don't go down this road. Let it end here.
It's fine sci-fi schlock. There's a likable cast, a few tense body horror moments, and an interesting idea with a disembodied arm. The mostly generic hodge podge of a script doesn't live up to the potential of the rest of the elements. However, the most glaring flaw is the B-plot, Earth scenes added ... thanks to test audiences, which doesn't have any bearing on the principal story that happens in space. Thanks, test audiences.
Like Prometheus in 2012, this was a serious disappointment. The characters' decisions are bizarre, motivations are unexplained. The science is bogus. The horror elements are not horrifying. The whole thing lacks style, originality, humour or any kind of spark. The movie fails to establish any mea ... ningful personality for the crew members, so the only question becomes which one will die next. OK, there's one potentially interesting idea: have each character speak in their own national language (except the Brazilian guy: not sure why he doesn't get to?!) but the movie fails to take it anywhere. Similar but much better films include: Europa Report, Event Horizon, Solaris (original and remake), Cargo, 2010.