A relentless, gritty home video captures the chilling, suspenseful fight for survival against a skyscraper-sized monster.
A full-attention watch at full speed. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Paramount+ and Peacock.
No surprises for a PG-13: real scares and several jump scares.
Our estimate: fine from about 13. Rated PG-13.
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Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
Aliens (1986)Properly scary · graphic gore · brutal violence · emotionally heavyA space marine faces an alien horde in a relentless, gritty fight for survival.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)Suspenseful · light gore · brutal violence · emotionally heavyA reprogrammed cyborg protects a young boy and his mother from a relentless, shape-shifting assassin.
V for Vendetta (2006)Suspenseful · light gore · strong violence · emotionally heavyA masked vigilante wages brisk, gritty warfare against a fascist state, sparking an epic fight for freedom.
The Terminator (1984)Suspenseful · light gore · brutal violence · emotionally heavyA relentless cyborg assassin hunts a woman across 1980s Los Angeles, sparking a gritty fight for the future.
The Matrix (1999)Suspenseful · late-night trip · brutal violence · emotionally heavyA hacker joins insurgents in a relentless, gritty fight against powerful machines, blurring the line between reality and control.
The Dark Knight (2008)Suspenseful · light gore · strong violence · emotionally heavyA relentless, gritty crime thriller where a hero's war on chaos takes a darkly comic and epic turn.
Upgrade (2018)Gritty · graphic gore · brutal violence · emotionally heavyA paralyzed man's AI implant grants superhuman abilities for relentless, gritty revenge in a pulpy, high-octane thriller.
Children of Men (2006)Bleak · graphic gore · brutal violence · emotionally devastatingA desperate man races against time to protect humanity's last hope in a bleak, infertile future.Cloverfield is on our Found footage, Survival, Aliens, Disasters and Thriller on Paramount+ lists.
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