Facing the nightmare

DANGER ROOM examines our threat response capability:

How you deal with a rampaging five-hundred-foot monster in a crowded urban area? Now that Cloverfield has opened in the UK, it's time for DANGER ROOM to go to the movies and consider this utterly vital question.
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Cloverfield has been described as a 'reimagining' of The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms – both use Coney Island – but the monster is tougher to deal with, shrugging off all sorts of modern weaponry. The reason, as I see it, is fairly simple: the kit simply isn't designed for this sort of target.

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