In at number nine 9 is a film that, when I watched it, it felt like an old spielburgian I had never seen before, but should have. Super 8 has unavoidable similarities to films such as E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial, but does not come off as a rip-off. Set in a small town in Ohio, it tells the story of Joe Lamb, a 14 year old boy who has recently lost his Mother, and witnesses a massive train crash and tries to uncover the mysteries surrounding it. How did the train crash? Why was it derailed by one man in a car driving straight for it? His search leads him to discover the strange white cubes that the train was carrying are as far from what they seem as possible…
Meanwhile, Joe and his friends are making a sci-fi-slash-zombie film with a super 8 camera for which Joe is the make-up artist. Through this he meets Alice (Fanning), the main and only actress on their film. Elle Fanning's character is on paper simply the object of Joe's romantic affections, but she has made the character much more than that. I was blown away by her acting, and in my opinion she stole a show with so many strong components.
Everything comes to a head when the army arrives in town with the purpose of collecting all the white cubes from the train. The problem? Joe keeps one in his room...
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