Think of the worst nightmare you have ever had in your life? Not multiply it ten times and add elements from movies like ‘Alien’, ‘Jaws’, ‘Predator’, and ‘Contact’. The creepy and bone-chilling result that you will get is the dish that director Alex Garland has prepared for all the sci-fi fan lovers out there, which will not be served piping hot, but cold and bloody.
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The man who earlier gave us ‘Ex-Machina’, memories of which are still fresh in our minds, in back in action with yet another intriguing sci-fi fantasy thriller ‘Annihilation’ starring Natalie Portman. Although we never had any doubts about Alex Garland’s directorial prowess, after this trailer we are confirmed that there is no one in this world who can match up with Garland’s creative ingenuity. Or maybe they can, given how this movie shares striking resemblance with ‘Contact’.
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‘Annihilation’ is based on the novel of the same name by Jeff VanderMeer, and features Natalie Portman as a biologist, who sets out on a mission to find out what happened with her seriously ill husband and what’s hidden on the other side of a mysterious and mesmerizing boundary. Portman is then joined by four other women and together they try to discover the bizarre place and run for safety at the same time.
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What’s worse than going inside an unknown surreal world and finding yourself trapped there? Being welcomed by and stuck with creatures that will stop at nothing to feast on you. Those women realize this in the most bloodcurdling way after they find out that it’s not any regular place and even the plants and animals are weirdly mutated. When we say weird, we mean a crocodile that has teeth like shark.
Natalie Portman who is known for her roles in movies like ‘Black Swan’ and ‘V for Vendetta’ plays a badass biologist, who goes to extreme lengths to find the mystery behind that Area X and why are they trying to harm the humanity. She totally had our attention in the first few seconds of the trailer, when she shot down mutated creatures, without batting an eyelid.
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If you thought that Hollywood has broken up with Aliens or mysterious creatures, 2018 and Alex Garland is going to give you what you been missing and craving for all this while – an action packed sci-fi fantasy thriller that is sure to hit the top spot of your binge-watch list.
Alex Garland’s ‘Annihilation’ also features Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tuva Novotny, Gina Rodriguez, Oscar Isaac and Tessa Thompson. ‘Annihilation’ is expected to release on February 23, 2018.