Not exact matches
Annihilation does offer enough surreal horror within its visual spectacle to make it worth recommending to sci - fi fans, but for all the different interpretations the film is being afforded by other writers, I can't help but
feel that it is
fairly empty thematically.
When you look at it as a whole you have a
fairly decent screenplay with nice dialogue, great sets, a glossy, well - polished look; plenty of gifted actors (Chris Cooper and Elle Fanning, above, particular stand - outs) doing their thing making the most of the material, and enough going on to hold you attention throughout — but by the time you reach the end, one can't help but
feel a little
empty.
It also has to be said that the City
feels very
empty in terms of population because there really isn't many NPC's walking around adding that bit of extra personality to the map, but instead there is the odd few pedestrians in and around the city just walking around giving off a walking dead kind of vibe and in fact there seems to be more enemy AI than actual members of the general public scattered around the map apart from one linear level section which takes place at the Mardi Gras festival, where it is a
fairly busy environment that you have to get through undetected.