Super 8

A group of teenagers obsessed with horror films and all things ghoulish are making their very own movie on a dark night in 1979, when they vividly witness a horrific train crash.
They all agree that they should keep their witnessing of this incident to themselves. However, the kids are unaware that something escaped from the train that night that will change their lives forever.

Events inside their small community town take a strange turn and as these events all seem to originate from that fatal night, the teens decide to take matters into their own hands and try find the cause of these eerie happenings.

Add to this, a government cover up, the discovery of an alien crash landing in the 50”s, a father and son's troubled relationship and you have the makings of an absorbing and intriguing teen action flick.

J.J.Abrams, the brains behind TVs Lost writes and directs Super 8 with some production help from Steven Spielberg and what they give us is what you'd expect from such a collaboration – A Supernatural meets Fantasy crowd pleaser!

Both young leading actors - Joel Courtney and Elle Fanning are superb, with the later being annoyingly talented. The fact that the cast is short of Hollywood A Lister's instills likeability and belief into the film.

It kills me to compare Super 8 to the classic that is 'The Goonies' but I'm afraid it cannot be helped.
In fact it has so many similarities, the cute intelligent weedy kid with a crush on the elusive (out of his league) girl, the chubby guy, the funny quirky kid, etc.,

But who cares, it's faced paced with lots of funny one liners from an excellent young cast, plenty of action and scary moments to keep the adults on board and a cracking soundtrack featuring the likes of ELO and Blondie.

So, is Super 8 the Goonies of this generation?

Absolutely!!!


Score: 8/10