Super 8 (Movie Review)

Super 8 takes place in 1979 and follows a group of kids who set out to make a short film for the Super 8 film festival. While filming the kids witness a horrific train accident and now believe that whatever the train's cargo was is now the cause of mysterious events happening within their town.



The story was phenomenal, with a very good balance of action, drama, and suspense. The acting was superb, with a great standout performance from Elle Fanning.

Super 8 is not the typical big budget film that is out to impress you with it's visuals, it wasn't made that way, instead it set out to hook you with the story and simple visuals, nothing real flashy.

You will also want to stay and check out the short film that the kids have created while the credits run. It's actually pretty entertaining in itself.

If you heading out to the movies and don't know what to see, then I highly recommend Super 8.

Super 8 has a 112 minute run time and was directed by J.J. Abrams with executive producer Steven Spielberg.

What do you think of Super 8?

-GJ