Captivating, mesmerising and beautiful...

Rating: 9/10 (9 April 2018)

Annihilation is one of the most beautiful, scariest and frontier-breaking films that I have ever watched.
Normally, films about madness and dispair take place within the real world or occupy a set which observes all of the norms of the physical world that we live in (i.e. Twelve Monkeys, Fight Club). Not this one.
Annihilation turns the human condition and the rational basis for emotions, relationships, want and desire and turns all of these inside out and projects them onto a terrifying backdrop of the Shimmer, a world of manipulation, control, and ever increasing madness.
If anyone thought this film was poor, I think it was because they expected a gory, thriller with little green men that obeyed the laws of physics. However, I think they were misinformed. Thils film is one to watch in one showing (with no breaks) and will leave you wondering why more films are not made like this.