Superb is 'Super 8'.

A flesh-eating menace. A group of budding child movie-makers trigger. Mayhem. Heart. Moving. If these aren't the words that would prove J.J. Abrams as this generation's "Steven Spielberg", not coincidentally produced this film too, then I oblige you to find more handful of words.

Super 8 camcorder is what the group of middle-school buddies held on to when they were shooting a Z-flat zombie movie in a railroad station. While shooting a scene, the group witnesses a destructive train crash, in which where they find their biology teacher blabbing something odd. Seems like the oddity translates to a flesh-eating mayhem, when a sheriff disappears, dogs running manically by countryside, and some microwave oven starting to pop out of the kitchen. And this is just the start.

Exhilarating. Moving. Witty. It is visible though, that Super 8, belonging to the Sci-Fi genre is its weakest link. However, director/writer/producer Abrams understand the basic conventions when injecting mayhem to a film: it would only work intensely if the audience cares about the people trapped in it. A proof is with the two leads, both lost their mother and felt distant with their dads. Also, another exemplification, is the bond of the buddy movie-makers--something that made me attached to the characters even more.

Super 8 only proves the skillful flick-generating courtesty: J.J. "the Speilbergian heir" Abrams to be tactically wise and witty. Though J.J. Abrams might need to accomplish more to be even with Steven Speilberg, this movie is certainly a double-yes, to be put to his resume. 4 stars.