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Annihilation review - Global Scenes

Annihilation review

Natalie Portman stars in Alex Garland's sci-fi thriller, Annihilation. Here's our review of an unmissable film.

There are stories of all kinds that deal with entering the unknown. Whether it's journeying into an uncharted land or meeting aliens on another planet, the subject holds a timeless allure.

In Alex Garland's adaptation of Annihilation, a sci-fi novel by Jeff VanderMeer, entering the unknown is cast in a subtly new light. It's about an encounter with the uncanny, but it's also about human motivation: what drives us to venture off into uncertainty? Is it necessarily heroism, scientific curiosity, or can it be something much darker?

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