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Annihilation

R

Released Feb 23, 2018

1 hr. 55 min.

Sci-Fi

Adventure

Mystery & Thriller

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331 Reviews

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Lena, a biologist and former soldier, joins a mission to uncover what happened to her husband inside Area X -- a sinister and mysterious phenomenon that is expanding across the American coastline. Once inside, the expedition discovers a world of mutated landscapes and creatures, as dangerous as it is beautiful, that threatens both their lives and their sanity.

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Critics Consensus

Annihilation backs up its sci-fi visual wonders and visceral genre thrills with an impressively ambitious -- and surprisingly strange -- exploration of challenging themes that should leave audiences pondering long after the end credits roll.

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Rebekah P

It's all right. I read the book when it came out, and that was incredible. This couldn't quite match it, but it's beautiful, well-done on every level, and I did enjoy it. There were some decisions that confused me, though.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/16/24

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Marcel d

This had so much potential! I adored the book and I really hoped that this would do it justice. It entirely misses the point of the book and makes it a special effects experiment. Not worth the ending.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/12/24

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Al B

A24….enough said. You want to check out this film 100%. A riddle wrapped in a mystery wrapped in brilliant characters and film making.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/30/24

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Alec C

It is the time of annihilation, in a shimmering and multi-colored doom! As a scientist joins a group of soldiers to investigate what happened to her husband inside of a strange phenomenon that is mutating everything it touches, she and the explorers slowly start to succumb to the strangeness as well. Disturbingly poignant and oddly mesmerizing, this unique sci-fi thriller manages to leave us with questions then answers!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/28/24

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Nick M

One of my top suggested thought-provoking Sci-Fi thrillers.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/27/24

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Justin T

This is rather beautiful boredom. The core story, production design and the cinematography are excellent. The film is so slow that even at 1.25x it is so slow and so boring that it is more pretentious than entertaining. It is very well acted but their characters are a bit forgettable although nothing too much to complain about. Sometimes, even before the main story kicks off, the film looked fake. As in, actual physical things like houses and rooms looked like they were CGI when there really was no reason for it. When the story really kicks off it doesn't matter at all that it looks CGI and fantastical. There are some really beautiful moments but not enough to get over how slow it is. Some moments go on so long, so very very long with nothing happening. The visual effects are great and so is the music. Sadly overall because it is so arduously slow it should be compared to Contact (1997) and not Dredd (2012).

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/19/24

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Alex Garland

Director

Natalie Portman

Lena

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Dr. Ventress

Gina Rodriguez

Anya Thorensen

Tessa Thompson

Josie Radek

Tuva Novotny

Cass Sheppard

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Robert Daniels

812filmreviews

It's an exploration of the weight of our own mistakes. How the choices we make, and the things we can't change, fundamentally change us.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 27, 2018

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Kambole Campbell

One Room With A View

Annihilation is a visceral sensory experience that chills the blood and makes the skin crawl (literally), leading to a bravura conclusion that would make Tarkovsky proud and any jaw drop.

Rated: 5/5

Aug 25, 2018

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Wenlei Ma

News.com.au

Absorbing and hypnotic, Annihilation is the best kind of sci-fi film - the kind that challenges and subverts the genre, all the while introducing new ideas that you'll see in films to come.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 27, 2018

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Kevin Carr

Fat Guys at the Movies

Even with some high-concept brilliance, the confusing story and narration fail to hold the film together.

Rated: 2/4

Mar 23, 2024

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Justin Micallef

Vague Visages

Like any great masterpiece, dismissal is inherent, but for those who enter The Shimmer, its effect is both numinous and real.

Feb 6, 2024

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Trace Thurman

Horror Queers Podcast

Alex Garland's trippy little cosmic horror film manages to awe, horrify and perplex all at the same time. A modern classic.

Rated: 4.5/5

May 31, 2023

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Synopsis

Lena, a biologist and former soldier, joins a mission to uncover what happened to her husband inside Area X -- a sinister and mysterious phenomenon that is expanding across the American coastline. Once inside, the expedition discovers a world of mutated landscapes and creatures, as dangerous as it is beautiful, that threatens both their lives and their sanity.

Director: Alex Garland
Executive Producer: David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, Jo Burn
Screenwriter: Alex Garland
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Scott Rudin Productions, DNA Films
Rating: R (Language|Bloody Images|Some Sexuality|Violence)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 23, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 22, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $32.7M
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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