Review of Annihilation (2018) by August K — 03 Jun 2018

This was a weird movie and I just didn't buy the story. Lots of questions and few answers.

This review of Annihilation (2018) was written by August K on 03 Jun 2018.

Annihilation has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

Annihilation (2018) Movie Reviews (1327)
Annihilation (2018) Critic Reviews (239)
Annihilation (2018) User Reviews (1088)

More Reviews of Annihilation

Review of Annihilation (2018)

By Jean-Erik N (8) on 07 Jan 2019

Visually satisfying science fiction that is beautifully weird and tense, exploring a variety of themes while being consistently entertaining…

Read Review

Review of Annihilation (2018)

By Legitsalt (67) on 25 Feb 2020

The only way this film doesn’t improve upon the previous entry in Garland’s oeuvre is regarding existentialism – if Ex Machina leaves…

Read Review

Review of Annihilation (2018)

By Filmanwalt (40) on 17 Dec 2020

[Half the point counts. (I liked Annihilation a lot better than Birdbox…

Read Review

Review of Annihilation (2018)

By Awesom-0 (164) on 27 Jan 2020

Better the second time around, but still not that good…

Read Review

Review of Annihilation (2018)

By Brad R (338) on 26 Jan 2019

The ending is the make or break factor in a lot of these reviews. I thought it was well done and not as ambiguous as some have indicated…

Read Review

Review of Annihilation (2018)

By Rick B (354) on 09 Jan 2019

I read the book and it was interesting and new. This movie especially the script was bad and made no sense at all…

Read Review

Review of Annihilation (2018)

By Morze232 (4) on 19 Sep 2020

It was a movie that really made life question, progressing in a slow tone, but it will be worth the end…

Read Review

Review of Annihilation (2018)

By Darla L (4) on 07 Jan 2019

Finally a movie that I did not walk away from! It has been a very long time since a movie held my full attention…

Read Review

Review of Annihilation (2018)

By Ak K (32) on 21 Jan 2019

This movie is fascinating. Makes me want to go back to school and pursue my originally desired degree in Biology…

Read Review

Review of Annihilation (2018)

By Jared1209 (20) on 05 Feb 2020

Brilliant film that is thought provoking with refreshingly original ideas and terrific use of scifi tropes…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of The Believers (1987)

By Cli O (622) on 27 Nov 2008

Probably one of the stupidest movies I've seen…

Read Review

Review of The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)

By Matthew J (1,312) on 06 Dec 2011

The Incredible Shrinking Man could have been a fascinating adventure-packed drama, but instead it focused on a tediously long and boring spider…

Read Review

Review of The Amazing Transparent Man (1960)

By Brian S (2,291) on 31 Oct 2015

A low budget rip off of The Invisible Man…

Read Review

Review of Taintlight (2009)

By Britt M (24) on 20 Sep 2010

Hi, I watch less than 10 mins of this movie what a waste of my time to watch this and not even funny at all too…

Read Review

Review of The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

By Jordan P (785) on 14 Aug 2017

Though all of the acting was great and the props were fantastic, the script given to the actors was dated and felt less memorable than it otherwise…

Read Review

Review of The Devils (1971)

By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 28 Apr 2018

All the events and persons depicted in The Devils are intended to be confused with actual events and persons. How do I know? Ken Russell tells me so…

Read Review

Review of Eyes Without a Face (1960)

By Derrick N (14) on 18 Feb 2018

I have heard a lot about Eyes Without a Face. All that I have heard is very good…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

John Wick: Chapter 4

2023

78%170 Reviews

No Hard Feelings

2023

65%90 Reviews

Blade Runner 2049

2017

80%2,332 Reviews

Bullet Train

2022

66%170 Reviews

Talk to Me

2023

74%83 Reviews

Deadpool 2

2018

76%1,635 Reviews

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

2014

79%1,167 Reviews

Love

2015

54%174 Reviews

Split

2017

71%1,218 Reviews

Hillbilly Elegy

2020

61%141 Reviews