The Cloverfield Paradox
A multinational crew aboard a damaged orbital laboratory confronts dimensional chaos after an energy experiment tears open a portal to a parallel Earth.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- claustrophobic
- paranoid
- disorienting
- late night sci fi
- space horror marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film a rushed, derivative franchise extension whose appealing ensemble and ambitious premise were undermined by weak character motivation, generic plotting, and ineffective horror.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The Shepard particle accelerator opens a portal to a parallel Earth and brings consequences from another Cloverfield Station into the crew's reality.
The multinational crew is trapped aboard a damaged station as impossible events, bodily transformations, and dimensional instability accumulate.
Earth's energy shortage motivates the accelerator experiment, while its failure threatens both the station crew and the wider world.
The film links its space-station experiment and parallel Earth to the broader Cloverfield universe while functioning as an ensemble survival narrative.
Films like The Cloverfield Paradox, and why
Life
shared space-station setting, science-fiction mystery, claustrophobic survival tension, and body horror
Alien
shared multinational space crew, alien threat, paranoia, and escalating cosmic horror
Event Horizon
shared experimental science-fiction premise, alternate-reality consequences, and disorienting mystery
The Sphere
shared portal experiment, parallel-dimension premise, and pulpy science-fiction thriller tone
Movie Details
- Director
- Julius Onah
- Release Date
- 2018-02-04
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Rating
- 5.6 / 10 (3697)
Cast
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw
- Daniel Brühl
- Chris O'Dowd
- David Oyelowo
- John Ortiz
- Elizabeth Debicki
- Zhang Ziyi
- Aksel Hennie
- Roger Davies
- Clover Nee
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Cloverfield Paradox about?
- A multinational crew aboard a damaged orbital laboratory confronts dimensional chaos after an energy experiment tears open a portal to a parallel Earth.
- What is The Cloverfield Paradox like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Cloverfield Paradox as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Cloverfield Paradox violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in The Cloverfield Paradox as moderate.
- What did critics think of The Cloverfield Paradox?
- Critics broadly found the film a rushed, derivative franchise extension whose appealing ensemble and ambitious premise were undermined by weak character motivation, generic plotting, and ineffective horror.
- Which films are like The Cloverfield Paradox?
- Films with a similar feel include Life, Alien, Event Horizon, and The Sphere.
- How long is The Cloverfield Paradox?
- The Cloverfield Paradox runs 102 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Cloverfield Paradox?
- In United States, The Cloverfield Paradox streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
