The good thing about all the Cloverfield movies is that they are all so different. And the connection between the movies is much more complex that three successive chapters in a story. It is even unclear as the chronological relationship between the the three movies.
Paradox revolves around experiments with a particle accelerator on a space station orbiting the Earth. This is no act of scientific curiosity. Earth is experiencing a serious energy crisis and is on the brink of war over the limited resources. The scientists on the station are attempting to create a sustainable source of energy with the particle accelerator.
They almost run out of fuel for the accelerator with every attempt being a failure... until it wasn't. But the success of the accelerator may have created more problems than solutions. Nothing seems to be as it should be.
I won't give any spoilers here, but I will say that they explore a number of theories popular in speculative science. Like the other movies, it is all about trying to sort through the clues and to discover what is really happening.
I would say that this movie, of all the Cloverfield movies, follows science fiction formulas. But that is not to say it is not good. I quite enjoyed the movie.
One of the interesting things about the Cloverfield movies is that the connections are not forced. There is a connection and like the previous movie, it is not until the very end that we find out what it is.
The Cloverfield Paradox was a good movie and I'm looking forward to the next installment.
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