Annihilation - A SCI-FI Sunday Screening!

Annihilation / UK, US / 2018/ Dir: Alex Garland/ 115 Min/ Current Rotten Tomatoes Score: 88%

In a remote, uninhabited area, there lies a phenomenon called the Shimmer: an inexplicable border beyond which the laws of physics and biology go topsy-turvy. When a squad of soldiers investigating the anomaly is killed, save one, the survivor’s biologist wife Lena volunteers to explore the ever-expanding region and find out what happened. But inside the Shimmer lie untold dangers hitherto unknown by science.

ANNIHILATION brings together an all-star cast, including Academy Award-winner Natalie Portman (BLACK SWAN) as Lena, Oscar Isaac (EX MACHINA, THE LAST JEDI), Jennifer Jason Leigh (THE HATEFUL EIGHT), Gina Rodriguez (JANE THE VIRGIN), Benedict Wong (DOCTOR STRANGE), and Tessa Thompson (THOR: RAGNAROK). Opposing them: a host of mutant creatures and sci-fi phenomena eager to kill them, and an unexplained phenomenon slowly taking over the planet.

Based on the first volume of Jeff VanderMeer’s groundbreaking Southern Reach Trilogy, ANNIHILATION is a mysterious and exciting science-fiction story with real emotional weight. Brought to the screen by Alex Garland, the director of EX MACHINA and writer of DREDD and 28 DAYS LATER, it’s a visually dazzling thrill ride beyond biology and beyond belief.