In a small town in Ohio in 1979 during the summer, a group of friends are filming a Super-8 movie when a pick up truck drives into and derails a government train. Soon after, unusual disappearances, unexplained animal behavior and military units takes over this small town. As the truth reveal itself no one is prepare especially Joe Lamb (Joel Courtney), who with the help of his friends uncover the truth. And what the government is really trying to hide, from the unsuspecting citizens.
Super 8 was hyped up to be this summer mega movie with all the elements, but fell short. Super 8 is a regurgitation of Cloverfield, E.T with a little of Transformers. There's nothing unique or new about Super 8. I'm very disappointed when you have a Directed like J.J Abrams and Producer Steven Spielberg attach to a project like this one and it fall short to your expectation. But all is not lost because the little Super-8 film the kids were filming was really good and you get to see it at the end.
I give this movie 2 1/2 Stars.
