Annihilation
8/10
If you
were to ask someone “Wanna watch something weird?” and showed
them the movie Annihilation they'd be pissed off at you because that
question is not enough to get their bodies ready for this. Holy shit,
this is a crazy ass movie but in a very good way. I did not know
anything about it and saw a sort of review (barely listened because
the host get too industry-ish for my liking) and decided to check it
out. It is directed by the guy that made Ex Machina which I loved and
stars Natalie Portman who I have had a thing for since I was in my
20's. So I sat down and tried to ready myself for some possible
oddness and hopefully a cool film.
Portman
is a former soldier and biology professor named Lena that is in a
quarantined area after some strange shit went down. She needs to
explain what happened during a visit to this strange area where this
stuff known as “The Shimmer” appeared. Through flashbacks we are
shown that her husband, played by Oscar Isaac, has returned from the
same strange ass place and has been acting weird. He's been gone for
over a year and can't recall anything that happened. One day he
collapses and on the way to a hospital guv'mint cars show up and yank
their asses out and take them to the quarantine and ask some
questions.
A
psychologist, played by Jennifer Jason Leigh, and a team go to check
out what happened to the previous team. They are played by Gina
Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, and Tuva Novotny. They get to this Shimmer
place and it is weird as fuck. Strange flowers are growing and they
find some of the previous teams stuff. One of them gets attacked by
an alligator with shark teeth. It's all fucked up. They find a video
with Lena's husband cutting a guy open and his guts are moving around
like a damned snake. They find his body later on and there are plants
growing out of it.
Later
on after one of the team members finds out that Lena's husband was
the one in the video, which she didn't bother to mention, and ties
her and others up and wants answers. The next thing you know this
giant bear monster creature shit thing that screams like a woman
shows up. It is creepy as all hell and stalks around them but does
not attack. One team member starts shooting and gets her ass eaten
and they realize that its screams sound like one of the other team
members that was killed the previous night.
I will
not even attempt to describe the rest of this movie because by this
point it had lost its mind and I could not figure out where it was
going. I really enjoyed it but can not tell you what happened without
sounding crazy. One thing I want to point out that another reviewer
did was that the entire main cast was ladies and no one else is
talking about that. More of a deal was made about that Ghostbusters
movie and the lady factor but not with this. I think because it
didn't feel weird or forced. They just happened to be women so it
shouldn't be a big deal but its hard not to think of that considering
how the Academy Awards were being presented just a month ago. I
suggest checking this movie out but do not expect everything to make
perfect sense. You gotta think afterward which is cool.
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