Stranger Things star's Cold Storage is a gooey, goofy noughties throwback
Cold Storage, adapted from David Koepp's novel, follows night security guards Naomi (Georgina Campbell) and Teacake (Joe Keery) who discover a parasitic green goo and find themselves tasked with saving humanity. Liam Neeson appears as world-weary bioterror operative Robert Quinn, who has faced the fungus before.
The film signals its silliness from the start — debris crashes to Earth and a title card reads: "Pay attention! This shit is real." Its old-school, early-2000s vibe echoes films such as Slither, Dude, Where's My Car? and Eight-Legged Freaks. Directed by Jonny Campbell and set in Kansas, the story stays small and brisk across a 98-minute runtime.
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