Annihilation

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Annihilation

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Released Feb 23, 2018

1h 55m

Sci-Fi

Adventure

Mystery & Thriller

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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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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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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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Isabella Liistro

Loud and Clear Reviews

The brilliance of Annihilation is that it encourages conversation, it makes your brain itch whether you’re on your first, second, or third viewing.

Jan 18, 2025

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Justin Kim

Loud and Clear Reviews

Masterfully mind-bending, Annihilation will draw you back in again and again, even when you might not understand exactly what happened.

Rated: 5/5

Jan 6, 2025

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Martin Carr

martincarr.co.uk

Annihilation does everything it can to side-step mainstream expectations. Distributed by Paramount Pictures and streamed by Netflix, this hybrid tentpole sci-fi adapted and directed by Alex Garland reflects the changing face of cinema.

Nov 5, 2024

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Aro S

A movie where you wait 30 minutes for any semblance of builds up for any themes regarding the story. Where you then watch as the spooky area™ have mind altering affects of memory, except when it doesn't Thankfully you get to watch multiple flashbacks to talking scenes, (AND SEX!) or flash forwards to a room where protagonist girl gets asked a question. Don't worry though after all that you get to watch protagonist girl get accused of murdering another woman after they all hear their friend get mauled by bear creature because she's a silly liar. How silly of her for not telling her team she was married. The whole movie is woman walking the woods, not reacting, acting, or having semblance of thought beyond being objects the film deems when things happen to them. It's clear that's all they're there for. The sex scenes that cut and frame the main actress' body with the only view of the man being his content. The other women in the cast? They scream, they stand there and have things happen to them, and the only times they do something it's to move the scene to another where something else can happen to them. I've never felt more angry at a film for wasting my time

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/29/25

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Jackson M

One of the best sci-fi movies in 10+ years. A wildly fascinating, yet realistic plot! It’s criminal that they abandoned the trilogy because the original ending to Annihilation was much better. The cast is nice and balanced though. Theres a sense of mystery and ominous that keeps you reeled in to the end.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/25/25

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Darcy J

pure fear and adrenaline pumping through the veins of a slightly schitzophrenic woman with the willpower of a bear on cocaine.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/25/25

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Pavle R

This is definitely one of the most beloved movies I’ve ever watched.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

05/24/25

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Peter P

such a creative and bold plot. must-see for sci fi film buffs.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/24/25

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Brent G

Director Alex Garland really needs to get back to doing trippy science fiction / horror films with deep themes and amazing visuals. I understand “Men” didn’t hit with everyone, and perhaps that was a bridge too far, but when it comes to science fiction exploration of these deep themes, I am not sure anyone is better at it than Garland.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/20/25

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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
Producer: Scott Rudin, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, Eli Bush
Screenwriter: Alex Garland
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: DNA Films, Scott Rudin Productions
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
Runtime: 1h 55m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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