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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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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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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Gemini W

Thought this movie would be trash so I never went to the theatre to watch it, but eventually I gave it a try on streaming… not as bad as I thought, it was ok.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/24/25

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Frank M

If you enjoy being sprayed with a firehose of strange unexplained occurrences -- as in TV's Lost -- then you'll like this. If you like stories where things can ultimately be explained and understood, you'll be supremely frustrated. I'm in the latter group.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/24/25

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Cal V

A brilliant film with standout performances

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/21/25

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Meri R

The plot, setting, characters, their discoveries and the obstacles they faced all paired together perfectly. A palette pleaser for the mind. I only wish there was more to it. Every point of the film was felt, while still leaving this viewer wishing there was just a little more meat to every bite. (Watched it 2x)

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/19/25

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José M

Is one of the worst Films in film history. Neón Genesis Evangelion (1995) is better than this

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/17/25

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Renato M

I was reading through the comments and was quite shocked to see no one spotted the reference in this movie. It's clearly "Roadside picnic" book from Strugatsky brothers or Tarkosvky "Stalker" based on that book (screenplay also written by the brothers). So it has that fatalistic hyper-realist thing of Soviet fiction where no one is bothering to tell you what is what. You experience it and that's it. There's an emphasis here on molecular biology but what is what is anyone's guess. To me it's a 3 stars movie. Nothing to write home about and a bit disjointed. Go watch Stalker, if anything, it's considered a cinema masterpiece so at least you can say you've watched it. But this one is forgettable.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/16/25

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Alex Garland

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Lena

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Dr. Ventress

Gina Rodriguez

Anya Thorensen

Tessa Thompson

Josie Radek

Tuva Novotny

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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: 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
Runtime: 1h 55m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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