Review of Annihilation (2018) by Vds — 14 Mar 2018

This started off in a very average fashion and went quickly downhill. The people in charge might have been under the impression they were making a ‘think piece’, but not so. This was Sci-Fi by numbers and lucky to even find a home on Netflix.

It reminded me a bit of Arrival, insomuch as it was right up itself and adrift at sea on a plot of vapid tripe.

Natalie Portman’s unfortunate cohorts were just there as cannon fodder, to be gobbled up by a not unimpressive beasty. But this wasn’t the thrust of the story, which instead centred around a mysterious lighthouse (Scooby-Doo where are you?), a secret government ops team, missing soldiers and gene mixing aliens. Sound stupid? That’s because it was.

But the best stuff came at the end with super nonsense overdrive and some truly daft scenes between Natalie and the lighthouse keeper.

If you’ve watch the Netflix Cloverfield and then Mute, you’ll know what level of film making craft to expect here. But at least it wasn’t as bad as the uber-ultra hyped not in the least bit scary Veronica, which must surely win the inaugural Netflix Razzie prize.