Interesting Concept with Poor Execution

Rating: 3/10 (2 June 2018)

No spoilers. Not very good. SCI-FI. Plot: A college biology professor signs up for a secret expedition to explore the shimmer, a slowly expanding zone from which nothing returns. The screenplay is based on a novel by Jeff VanderMeek which I did not read. While the premise sounds reasonable and some explanations of events offered by characters touring the zone are pretty interesting very little the characters attempt in the film over the 115 minutes makes any sense at all. These plot holes happen repeatedly and undermine the story. The response by government to the threat, the team they assemble, the supplies they carry or the objectives of their mission are all lame. Like watching teens in a slasher film, it get's old pretty quick. Am guessing writer/ Director Alex Garland best known for excellent work on Ex Machina kept the story a bit too close to the book this time. Decent cast too.
This might have worked better in the 60's when the audience might have been less likely to question why the actions of the characters make less sense than does an alien environment we can only speculate about.