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''Cloverfield'' is a 2008 American found footage monster horror film directed by Matt Reeves, produced by J. J. Abrams and Bryan Burk, and written by Drew Goddard. Before settling on an official title, the film was marketed as ''01-18-08''. The film follows six young New York City residents attending a going-away party on the night that a gigantic monster attacks the city. ==Plot== The film is presented as found footage from a personal video camera recovered by the United States Department of Defense. A disclaimer text states that the footage is of a case designated "Cloverfield" and was found in area US447 "formerly known as Central Park". The video consists primarily of segments taped the night of Friday, May 22, 2009. Occasionally, older segments are shown from a previous video that was mostly taped over. The first video segment shows Beth waking up on the morning of Monday, April 27 having slept with Rob, a previously platonic friend, who is filming her. They make plans to go to Coney Island that day. The footage then cuts to Friday, May 22 when Rob's brother Jason and his girlfriend Lily prepare a farewell party for Rob, who will be moving to Japan. Their friend Hud uses the camera to film testimonials during the party. After Beth has an argument with Rob and leaves the party, an apparent earthquake strikes, and the city suffers a brief power outage. The local news reports an oil tanker capsized near Liberty Island. When the party-goers leave the building, they see the heavily damaged head of the Statue of Liberty hurled into the street. Hud records what appears to be a large creature several blocks away, which causes the Woolworth Building to collapse. Later, during the evacuation of the city, a gigantic tail destroys the Brooklyn Bridge, killing Jason and several other people. News reports show the Army National Guard's 42nd Infantry Division attacking the monster, and smaller "parasite" creatures falling off its body and attacking nearby pedestrians and soldiers.〔The creatures are called HSP or "Human-Scale Parasites" in the Blu-ray special investigation mode.〕 Rob listens to a phone message from Beth saying she is trapped in her apartment and unable to move. Going against the crowd, Rob, Hud, Lily, and Marlena (another party guest) venture to Midtown Manhattan to rescue Beth. They get caught in a battle between the monster and the National Guard before running into the Spring Street station, where they are attacked by several of the parasite creatures inside the subway tunnel. Marlena is attacked and bitten by one of the creatures. They enter the 59th Street station, where they exit the subway. They come across a command center and field hospital, where Marlena dies from the bite. One of the military leaders tells the group when the last evacuation helicopter will depart before the military executes its "Hammer Down Protocol," which will destroy Manhattan, in an attempt to kill the monster. The group eventually rescues Beth, who was impaled on an exposed piece of rebar. The four make their way to the evacuation site, where they encounter the monster once more over Grand Central Terminal. Lily is rushed into a departing Marine Corps helicopter and escapes. Moments later, Rob, Beth, and Hud are taken away in a second helicopter and witness a U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit bombing the monster. The monster falls, then lunges at the protagonists' helicopter, causing it to crash into Central Park. The film skips to Saturday, May 23 (less than an hour later), with a voice on the crashed helicopter's radio warning that the Hammer Down protocol will begin in fifteen minutes. The three friends regain consciousness and flee the helicopter, but the creature suddenly appears, and kills Hud. Rob and Beth grab the camera and take shelter under Greyshot Arch in Central Park. As air raid sirens begin to blare and the bombing starts, Rob and Beth take turns leaving their last testimony of the day's events. The bridge crumbles and the camera gets knocked out of Rob's hand,and gets buried beneath some rubble.〔According to the "military intelligence" feature in the Special Investigation Mode of the Blu-ray version, this was the only thing that protected the camera during the Hammer Down protocol〕 As the air raid approaches, Rob and Beth each proclaim their love for each other just before another bomb goes off, at which point they're heard screaming while the monster roars in pain, presumably killing them both. The film then cuts to the footage of Rob and Beth's Coney Island date on April 27. Rob faces the camera towards him and Beth, and zooms in on Beth, who says "I had a good day". Unnoticed by them, something small (revealed to be a satellite) falls from the sky into the ocean. The tape then freezes and cuts out. At the very end of the end credits, a recording is heard. When played backwards, this recording says "It's still alive.", indicating that the Hammer Down protocol has failed and that the monster is still alive. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cloverfield」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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