Cloverfield 🎥 2008 Movie Info

Plot Summary

The footage from a personal camcorder is recovered by the U.S. Department of Defense in the area “formerly known as Central Park”, bearing a disclaimer about multiple sightings of a case designated “Cloverfield”. Rob Hawkins wakes up with Beth McIntyre in her father’s apartment before embarking on a date across New York City and Coney Island. Rob’s brother Jason and Jason’s girlfriend, Lily Ford, throw a surprise farewell party for Rob at his Lower Manhattan apartment before he moves to Japan for his new job. Jason asks Rob’s best friend, Hudson “Hud” Platt, to film testimonials for Rob during the party.

Beth, upset by Rob’s lack of communication after their one-night stand, brings another man to the party. Beth and Rob argue, and she leaves shortly before a massive earthquake occurs, causing a brief citywide power outage. The local news reports a capsized oil tanker near Liberty Island. From the roof, the partygoers witness an explosion in the distance and flee as flaming debris flies in their direction. As the partygoers flee, the severed head of the Statue of Liberty falls into the street. In the chaos, Hud records an enormous creature several blocks away, collapsing the Woolworth Building. Rob, Jason, Lily, and Hud take cover in a nearby convenience store, sheltering from the smoke and debris that have resulted from the building’s collapse.

When they emerge, they find their friend Marlena Diamond covered in dust, in shock from seeing the creature “eating people.” When the group attempts to evacuate Manhattan, Rob receives a message from Beth, who is trapped in her apartment at the Time Warner Center. However, the creature’s tail destroys the Brooklyn Bridge, killing Jason. While the group retreats back to Lower Manhattan, news reports show the Army National Guard’s 42nd Infantry Division attacking the monster and hostile parasites falling off its body.

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