Engaging and interesting even with a big scientific wtf.

Rating: 8/10 (20 June 2018)

Good sci-fi. I'd also consider it sci-fi/horror where the horror element comes from the fear of the unknown which can be as powerful as any alien monster and is masterfully played. The horror seemed to come more from the results of what was happening than from aliens themselves. Intellectual curiosity kept me watching the slowly developing plot which felt necessary to the story in discovering the mechanisms of what was happening and was not boring.
What I found to be face palm inducing was that the team was sent into the "Shimmer" (after numerous teams never came back except one man who was suffering some sort of internal trauma) without bio-hazard suits or any sort of protection from what was believed to be a growing ecological disaster of an alien nature. This would NOT happen in a scientific investigation with military oversight (as the movie "Arrival"). But I guess with it they wouldn't be exposed which would be sort of plot wrecking.
Natalie Portman was excellent and J.J. Leigh was on spot on.
I'll have to read the book to figure out the difference of what happened to Lena & Kane vs Dr Ventress.