2018 · 115 min · R

Annihilation

Name: Annihilation
Genre: Science Fiction, Horror
Released: 2018
Duration: 115 min
Cast: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny

Directed by Alex Garland · Science Fiction, Horror

Annihilation (2018) is a Science Fiction film, directed by Alex Garland set during the near future. It runs 115 minutes and is rated R.

A survival and psychological horror, with a bleak and tense tone. Themes of identity, grief & loss, and isolation play out through frame narrative and non linear / fractured timeline.

Composer

Ben SalisburyGeoff Barrow

Cinematography

Rob Hardy

Cast

Natalie PortmanJennifer Jason LeighGina RodriguezTessa ThompsonTuva NovotnyOscar IsaacBenedict WongSonoya Mizuno

The world of this film

Setting

Wilderness Coastal Sea

When

Near Future

Premise & themes

Premise

Survival Psychological Horror

Themes

Identity Grief & Loss Isolation

Structure

Frame Narrative Non Linear / Fractured Timeline

Tone

BleakTenseSurreal DreamlikeContemplative

Shape

Protagonist

Solo LeadEnsembleFemale Led

Pacing

Slow Burn

Based on

Pure Fiction

2010
127 Hours
Utah — 2000s
Wilderness · Desert · Undergrounddir. Danny Boyle
2019
1917
France — 1910s
Undergrounddir. Sam Mendes
1972
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Peru — 1700s
Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Werner Herzog
1979
Alien
Space — Far Future
Off Worlddir. Ridley Scott
1979
Apocalypse Now
Vietnam · Cambodia — 1960s
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Francis Ford Coppola
2015
Ex Machina
Near Future
Urbandir. Alex Garland

Annihilation

The world of this film

Setting

Premise & themes

Shape

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