Watching Jeff VanderMeer’s film, "Annihilation," is perhaps the best enthralment I have encountered in the recent past. From the title of the film, I suspected a horrendous end to the storyline, and the movie did not fall shy of my dark suspicions. What intrigued me more was the suspense it carried all along, evident by the long wait I had to endure before actually watching the obliteration. After watching the psychological horror film, I can boldly praise the creator for the perfect direction, excellent visuals and acting, and a thought-provoking storyline. In my discernment, Annihilation is a perfect portrayal of human depression, grief, and susceptibility to self-destruction.
Just like the novel, the movie version of Annihilation is a forecast of what may befall the future generation if the ongoing neglect of eco-conservation does not come to a halt. The first expedition into the swampland reported of a tranquil, Eden-like landscape; the second expedition was more of a suicide mission and ended in mass death; in the third visit, members turned against each other with gunfire. A member of the eleventh expedition came back as a mere shadow of his former self and died of a mysterious disease within weeks of return.
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Now, the last troop comprising mainly of women, and led by a college biologist named Lena, take a voluntary operation to find out what lies in Area X- the region in the swampland that was hit by a meteor. Lena gets trapped in a mysterious shimmer along with her female colleagues that prevent them from making contact with the outside world. This film does not categorically mention the aspect of environments, but from an individual perspective, ‘nature’ inspired VanderMeer’s fiction. Area X has been isolated from the healthy and safe outside world long enough to let nature reclaim the last remnants of human civilization.
