Weird and Flawed Mess

Rating: 5/10 (15 March 2018)

When the viewer reads in the cast of a sci-fi adventure the names of Natalie Portman and Jennifer Jason Leigh, he or she would certainly expect an enjoyable film. Unfortunately "Annihilation" is a weird and flawed mess, with the most ridiculous attitudes. Kane is missing and when he comes back home, Lena kisses her husband and notes he is coughing up blood. However she does not take any medical care. She teams up with four women that have no military training but they go to the shimmer with heavy weapons and not escorted by military. They do not carry any masks, gloves, breathing apparatuses or any other protection. The biologist Lena touches the flowers and other mutations in the shimmer without mask or gloves. One of the girls is attacked by a mutated alligator in a house nearby the swamp. They kill it and use two canoes to explore the swamp. Is it necessary to the story the pointless affair of Lena with the African American Dan? Why she lies to her two mates telling that the shortest way to leave the shimmer would be close to the lighthouse? There are many other flaws and a disappointing conclusion. My vote is five.
Title (Brazil): "Aniquilação" ("Annihilation")