A gooey, nacreous membrane wall rises up around the crash site, and it's expanding to encompass towns, a lighthouse, and swamplands. A meteorite has crashed to Earth and brought a phenomenon called "the shimmer" with it. The film's setup is immediately intriguing. Immersed in the film's macabre, trippy landscapes, it's easy to get lost in the imagery and forget that the plot has fallen to pieces until about halfway through the story. What's frustrating about Annihilation is that the acting is superb, and the concept design is mostly gorgeous. Incoherent, implausible, and often downright embarrassing, it verges on self-parody. And yet, despite being arguably beautiful, this movie fails on multiple levels. It's jam-packed with great actors it's based on a brilliant, award-winning novel by Jeff VanderMeer and it is directed by Alex Garland, the mastermind behind indie breakout Ex Machina. This movie has great visuals, but the story itself is the worst.Īnnihilation came with great credentials. Pay no attention to the crappy plot behind this super creepy skull fungus wall.
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