The third film in the “Cloverfield” franchise does little to answer our questions as it raises countless others. “The Cloverfield Paradox” is neither as terrible as the first film nor as gripping as “10 Cloverfield Lane” but it does have its moments. I think the problem is that a lot of it is very similar to movies such as “Event Horizon”, “Alien”, “Prometheus” and “Sunshine”.

In “The Cloverfield Paradox”, the world is heading towards disaster due to an energy crisis. A team of scientists from across the globe are sent on a mission to test a device that could save the planet but something goes awfully wrong because the Earth has seemingly disappeared.

As previously stated, the crew in this film is from all over the world. Gugu Mbatha-Raw (“Concussion”), Chris O’Dowd (“Bridesmaids”), Zhang Ziyi (“Hero”), Daniel Brühl (“Rush”), David Oyelowo (“Selma”), Aksel Hennie (“Hercules”) and John Ortiz (“American Gangster”) play the crew members. I did not really care for any of them and I think a lot of that has to do with the fact they are meant to be from different nations; they end up feeling like caricatures rather than real characters. They do have to face some legitimately disturbing scenarios but better writing could have helped me invest more in the fate of these characters.

There are some interesting sci-fi concepts in here and there are some moments that are genuinely unsettling. My favourite moment arguably involves some strange sounds coming from a panel and that whole scene is very well done. “The Cloverfield Paradox” tries to explain a few things about the other “Cloverfield” movies and how they tie together but it feels very forced, which is not surprising considering this film was originally unrelated to “Cloverfield” and titled “The God Particle”. However, I am still interested in seeing if the filmmakers can convincingly explain how the “Cloverfield” movies are linked.