Cloverfield is engaging up to a point

I love disaster movies, even more so when there’s a monster about.

In the case of Cloverfield (Paramount, €24.99), the mayhem which strikes just as a farewell party for Rob (Michael Stahl-David) is in full swing is all the more striking because the action unfolds through a jerkily held camera à la Blair Witch Project — except this is no slasher movie.