Unsurprisingly..........It's brilliant!

Rating: 9/10 (19 March 2018)

Garland's films always amaze and Annihilation ranks among the best. Visually stunning, great cast, great script and well executed throughout.
4 young female (although I don't know why it's relevant that it's women) scientists are sent into the unknown, 'The Shimmer', after the military have failed to come back out of it on a number of occasions. What follows is a masterclass in deep rooted storytelling, Natalie Portman's character 'Lena' is ex-army and also the partner of one of the guys from a previous failed mission. Told in flashback, her story is one of betrayal and self destruction. When Lena finally reaches the epicenter of The Shimmer her former betrayal is exposed and re-lived through the entity she finds, leading to a paradoxical reuniting finale.
Utterly brilliant.