Review of Annihilation (2018) by Charlie B — 05 Mar 2018

Annihilation is a dark movie with long periods of foreboding combined with brief and intense action scenes. Lots of flashbacks, many of which seemed pointless (like the ones with Natalie Portman's character and her colleague).

There was also that odd and for me unsatisfying ending. I could never identify with the characters; all of whom were under the influence of... (opioids?). Perhaps the screen writers suffered from same.

A lot of money was obviously spent making this movie (great cast, great FX), but it was ultimately a muddled and boring mishmash.