Annihilation

THE GIST: A biologist joins an expedition to investigate a mysterious area where a sort of shimmer is expanding and from where no one seems to return, nor communicate.

Annihilation is a pretty good sci-fi movie with great visual effects and an intriguing mystery to unravel. The twist at the end is pretty spooky.

Natalie Portman leads a great quintet of actresses: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tuva Novotny, and Tessa Thompson.

It's really cool to see an all female team front the movie, when ordinarily you'd see only the guys getting all the action.

THE BOTTOM LINE: Sci-fi is one of my favorite genres and it's not that easy to get right. This movie is definitely well developed, made, and acted.

Grade: 7