Gotta aplaud the genius marketing move by Netflx but the movie itself is pretty meh and most likely would have bombed in theaters (especially without the Cloverfield branding).

Looking at it as a standalone movie it's a standard and generic space station horror movie verging on being bad with really badly written dialogue.

But I really like how it ties together (altough rather loosely) the other two Cloverfield movies (who I think were both absolutely fantastic) and sets up future installments with unlimited story options (I hope they stay with the monster angle tough. The fourth and upcoming 'Overlord' heavily hints at somethin supernatural a la demons involved). Altough it very much feels like they made (or bought) a standard sci-fi movie and just slapped on everything Cloverfield related with reshoots.

So if you want to watch a simple standalone sci-fi movie you can just skip this one unless you're a big sci-fi fan as it does have decent actor performances, great CGI and cinematography but wonky writing.

But if you're like me and have been reading countless forums and theories about the Cloverfield monsters and aliens and their origins then definitely watch this. But be prepared to leave with more questions than you came in with (as was almost to be expected with JJ involved).