Review of Annihilation (2018) by Peter J — 15 Mar 2018

Dull, tedious waste of 2 hrs. No coherence, no drama, terrible ending. Just pretentious bits and pieces in some nice cinematography.

This review of Annihilation (2018) was written by Peter J on 15 Mar 2018.

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By Erik K (224) on 23 Jan 2019

Boring. Was shocked that this was Obama's top pick of 2018. Somewhat of an awful movie…

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Me gustó mucho el apartado visual y los efectos especiales, las actuaciones estuvieron buenas pero tampoco magníficas, pese a que se disfruta…

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By Jlau (377) on 01 Nov 2020

Sci-fi nonsense about evolution or mutation that doesn't seem to know just how dreadful it is on every level…

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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…

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By Brianna B (53) on 17 Jan 2019

I wanted to love this movie, a lot of people and reviewers recommended it and I love a good science fiction movie but I'm sitting here, having…

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By Tee M (6) on 11 Jan 2019

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By Mothmann (7) on 10 Jun 2019

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By Kevin H (1,172) on 14 Jan 2019

My initial review of this may change but I have to say that this film bored me so much that I just turned it off and put on Bill and Ted's…

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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…

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By Dukejon (132) on 21 Nov 2022

Go and see John Carpenter's The Thing instead. It's a much better movie than what's on offer here…

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