A Great Sci-fi Psychological Thriller

Rating: 7/10 (1 June 2018)

I see a lot of negative reviews on here... Probably because people can't see the hidden meaning behind the film... The story is about a couple girls going into an alien area. They all have personal issues and deal with "self destruction" we see the main character has had a husband that goes off to military missions and she has had an affair. He comes back but he's different... By the time Lena comes back from the whole expedition she is changed as well. The movie is symbolizing people dealing with the alien feelings we all face in life. That is why the whole movie seems off and why only girls into the Shimmer. They're all girls from a psych ward/rehabilitation area and each of them dies except Lena. Each of them has a reason to commit suicide and the movie symbolizes their deaths accordingly. Including the professor who has cancer... She dies after the "alien force" inside her consumes her. When the movie is said and done, we see Lena drink water and not almost die from it like her husband/clone husband did in the beginning of the movie. I think this was to symbolize she overcame the guilt of having an affair and her past military life. Why her husband is changed from his experiences and has PTSD... I think the part where he almost died from the water was symbolizing alcoholism or perhaps attempted suicide with drugs/poison. I also read someones review on this IMDB and made a great point that the film and Shimmer are a metaphor for cancer... Makes even more sense when looking at all the characters and their deaths. They all gave into the cancer except Lena who was "fighting the Shimmer" as one of the girls in the movie put it. The beginning of the film even talks about cancer which is an obvious hint. This movie is focused more on the impact of cancer in general, but shows all the elements of other reasons for suicide. In general this movie is made for those dealing with cancer/sucide/self harm/ depression/PTSD. Great movie whether looked at by a sci-fi perspective and an even greater one when seen for the psychological thriller it really is.... Although reading these reviews... Many seem to be to stupid to comprehend the film and its obvious symbolisms.