From the moment the first notes of “Helplessly Hoping” ring out, that haunting track from Crosby, Stills & Nash sends us off into the beautifully crumbling reality that is Annihilation. Alex Garland’s 2018 adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer’s novel of the same name runs for nearly two hours, but by the time we reach the climax of the film, all sense of time and place has withered away. The feeling after watching this film is wholly unique, and it could only be achieved by taking the liberties that Garland chose. The film follows Lena (Natalie Portman) as she ventures into a quarantined site of mystery dubbed “The Shimmer,” in pursuit of answers to aid her comatose husband.
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