Annihilation

4.00
    Annihilation
    2018

    Synopsis

    A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.

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    Cast

    • Natalie PortmanLena
    • Jennifer Jason LeighDr. Ventress
    • Gina RodriguezAnya Thorensen
    • Tessa ThompsonJosie Radek
    • Tuva NovotnyCass Sheppard
    • Oscar IsaacKane
    • Benedict WongLomax
    • Sonoya MizunoKatie (Med Student) / Humanoid
    • David GyasiDaniel
    • John SchwabParamedic

    Recommendations

    • 91

      IndieWire

      At once a gripping jungle survival thriller and an alluring sci-fi puzzle, Garland’s heady gambit confirms he’s one of the genre’s best working filmmakers.
    • 90

      ScreenCrush

      It is tough, bleak, brutally intense, and genuinely scary - not in the cutesy cathartic way of most horror films, but in a way that makes you ponder the nature of existence and leaves you with a pit in your stomach.
    • 90

      The Hollywood Reporter

      To be sure, the climax delivers copious amounts of blood and guts and tension and look-away temptations. But there are enough interesting surprises, in addition to the narrative promise, to provide for the presumed, and now quite desired, sequels.
    • 90

      Screen Daily

      Able to generate dread and awe with equal skill, Annihilation is an absorbing amalgam of genres and influences, all coming together to produce a dazzling creation as vivid as the hybrid life forms our heroes encounter on their perilous journey.
    • 90

      Variety

      For those willing to put in the effort, Annihilation achieves that rare feat of great genre cinema, where we are not merely thrilled (the film is both intensely scary and unexpectedly beautiful in parts) but also feel as if our minds have been expanded along the way.
    • 85

      TheWrap

      A psychological mystery laced with environmental disaster and alien-scary juju, Alex Garland’s elegantly unsettling Annihilation is here to shake up your night at the movies in the most mind-bendy way possible, but without foregoing the pleasures of an ambitious sci-fi entertainment.
    • 83

      The Film Stage

      A shimmering example of what Hollywood sci-fi can achieve when the aim is high, Annihilation is a gripping, mystifying adventure and proof that a transportive experience is more rewarding than a story with clean-cut resolutions.
    • 80

      The Guardian

      Annihilation is more than mere visuals and it will shock, fascinate and haunt whatever screen it’s watched on.

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