As in Arrival, another sci-fi with a one-word title starting with the letter 'A', a scientist sets out to investigate and explain an alien phenomenon, but where in Arrival Amy Adams' linguist is able to elucidate the profound mission statement of a startling pair of enormous black eggs hanging in the sky over Earth, Natalie Portman's military-trained molecular biologist in Annihilation investigates an alien 'shimmer' that is threatening some prime coastal real estate and in the end admits - after exploring the abandoned Teletubbieland within the 'shimmer' and engaging with a lifeform in what looks like Sia videoclip choreography - that the phenomenon is less interesting in itself than the potential it poses as a springboard for a future alien invasion movies.
★★★☆☆
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