Super 8 Review

Super 6...........Kyle Chandler, Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, Ron Eldard

J.J Abrams has now officially made a name in the film industry. His first film, Mission Impossible III was not his own work, just the continued story of someone else, but his first proper movie, Star Trek was praised by critics everywhere. I too, say it my self and it is a remarkable piece of film-making. I know Star Trek is a never-ending saga but Abrams recreates this into being very watchable material. His next movie, Super 8, is pretty much on the same level as Star Trek except this time he's throwing award-winning director Steven Spielberg. With the success of these movies, Abrams is now making a wonderful career, with a proposed Star Trek sequel.                                                                                                                Set in a town called Lillian in Ohio, it shows Joe Lamb, a 13-year-old boy who has lost his mother in a steel mill accident. Troubled by the loss of his mother, Joe tries to fill the hole by starring in his friend, Charles' (Riley Griffiths) zombie-horror movie that he hopes to enter in a short film festival. The movie goes fine until one night, Charles, Joe and their friends (Zach Mills, Gabriel Basso and Ryan Lee) witness a train derailment. A co-star of Joe, Alice (Elle Fanning), whom Joe hides a crush on is nearly killed in the accident. The following day, the group, discover that the whole thing is an Area 51-style conspiracy because something dangerous was on the derailed train. The six try and uncover what's happening while the town faces panic, dogs going missing, people going missing and odd utilities like microwaves and car engines disappear. This film incorporates some much from such films as Spielberg's E.T (Extra Terrestrial) and The Iron Giant, Joe resembles Henry Thomas's E.T character Elliott and Eli Marienthal's The Iron GIant character, Hogarth Hughes. It is very emotional with a very diverse deep sub-plot featuring a struggle between the Lamb family and Alice's family. I would highly recommend this.


4/5