No, it's not a masterpiece...

Rating: 7/10 (20 May 2018)

...but it's worth a look. Yes, it's part Lovecraft's 'Color out of Space' and part Tarkovsky's 'Stalker' with shadings of 'The Relic' and touches of an 'Avatar' aesthetic. An interesting premise told with reasonable imagination and delivered with considerable visual flair. A brave attempt at high-concept and cerebral SF mixed with some strong horror violence; moderately successful. Interesting atmosphere and quite 'trippy' though let down a little by a rather formulaic tale-sting. Certainly far better than 95% of what is passed off as speculative fiction in film. Not up to Alex Garland's first effort, 'Ex Machina', but a brave attempt nonetheless.