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Annihilation

Summary: A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.

Release Date: February 23, 2018

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Horror

Director: Alex Garland

Writers: Alex Garland

, Jeff VanderMeer

Runtime: 1 h 55 min

MPAA: R

Production: Paramount Pictures, Skydance Media, Scott Rudin Productions, DNA Films

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, Netflix, Paramount Home Entertainment

Countries: United States, United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 40,000,000

Domestic: $ 32,732,301

International: $ 10,338,614

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abandoned car abandoned fort abandoned house abandoned military base abandoned pickup truck abandoned swimming pool abduction adultery aging algae alien alien invasion sci fi alligator alligator attack ambiguous ending ambulance american flag amnesia animal attack annihilation anthropologist area x arm scar army base ash assault rifle atonal music score attack automatic rifle backpack band barbed wire barracks based on novel beach bear bear attack beard bearded man beast bechdel test passed being followed binoculars biologist biology biotech sci fi blood blood drop blood sample bloody face bloody hands bloody mouth boathouse body horror bolting upright from a bad dream bones bound and gagged bravery brawl breach breached fence bruise bubble burn burned to death camcorder camcorder leg camera camera shot from inside mouth camping cancer caretaker cargo pants cave cell cell division cellular biologist cellular biology cervical cancer cell cgi animal in live action title chain link fence character's point of view camera shot characters murdered one by one chimera classroom climbing into a hole climbing out of a hole coast coma comms equipment compass compound computer computer monitor convulsion copy corpse coughing up blood countdown couple share a bed couple talk in bed covering mouth covert operation creature crocodile crying crying woman darkness dead body dead daughter dead woman dead woman with eyes open death death of colleague debriefing deeply disturbed person deoxyribonucleic acid desolation desperation disembowelment disgorge disgorgement disturbed person disturbing dna doctor dome doppelganger dream like duplicate dying ecology ecosystem eel electronic music score empty swimming pool entering the unknown escape evacuation evil ex soldier existential crisis existentialism expansion expedition exploding body explorer explosion extramarital affair f word face mask fang fauna female bonding female doctor female paramedic female physicist female professor female protagonist female psychologist female scientist female team female unit fence field surgery fight filmed killing filmed suicide finding a dead body fingerprints fire fistfight flash forward flashback flashback within a flashback flashlight flooded building flooding flora florida foliage following someone forest forestation forgetfulness framed photograph gauze genetic mutation genetics genus geomorphologist glass of water goggles gore goring goring a woman gothic government organization grabbing a woman from behind grenade grief guard tower gun hair bun hairy chest hand grenade hazmat suit head mutilation heavy breathing held at gunpoint helicopter hemorrhage hit with a rifle butt hitting someone hole in the wall hoodie hopelessness hospital hospital bed hospital isolation room hostage hugging human remains human skull humanoid hurricane husband in a coma husband wife kiss husband wife relationship husband wife reunion husband wife talk hybrid hybrid animal imitation immortality in medias res incinerated body incision indoor swimming pool infidelity inner title cards instructor internal bleeding interracial sex interrogation interview intestines intravenous investigation invitation iris camera effect iris color shift isolation jarhead jaw jaw ripped off john hopkins school of medicine johns hopkins university jungle kidnapping killed by a bear killed in action killing a bear knapsack knife knocked out knocked out with a gun butt leader leaf lens flare leukemia lie life form lighthouse locket locket with photograph loss of identity lovecraftian lying next to someone lynchian m16 rifle macabre machine gun malignancy man on life support mandelbulb map mauled by a bear mauled to death membrane memory memory card meteor meteor impact microbe microscope military military base mimicking someone's movement mirroring missing husband mission mission statement mist mitosis monster montage moors moral dilemma moss mother daughter relationship motile multiple organ failure murder mutant mutant creature mutated alligator mutated animal mutated bear mutated human mutation mutilated face mutilation natatorium national park near death experience new species night vision night vision binoculars no opening credits nonlinear timeline novel observation room oddness organ failure overgrown with vines packing gear packing up pain painting a bedroom paranoia paranormal phenomenon party pashto pathology peel pendant perimeter breached petri dish philosophy phosphorus grenade photograph photograph in a locket physician physicist pinning someone plant pointing a gun at someone predator premarital sex presumed dead prism professor prologue promiscuity psychoanalysis psychological psychological horror psychologist puddle quarantine race against time radio waves raincoat ravaging a woman ray of light reading a book reading a magazine reference to rebecca skloot reflection in eye refraction reproduction rescue research researcher respirator return of husband roadblock rowboat salt crystal sample satellite scene during closing credits science scientific experiment scientist secret government facility secret government organization secret military facility secret mission seizure self destruction self harm self immolation self mutilation self sacrifice sergeant sex dream sex scene shallow water sharing a bed shimmer shooting shot in the head shot through the mouth shot to death single file sinister skin skull skylight sleeping in a tent sleeping on the floor sleeping woman sleeplessness sleeves rolled up slow motion scene snatched soldier sole survivor southern gothic spaghetti spewing matter stabbing standing on a beach state park strong female lead student subjective camera suffocation suicide suicide attempt suicide by hand grenade supernatural drama supernatural power surgical mask surprise appearance surprise ending surrealism survival survivor suspense swahili swamp swat team syringe talking in bed talking to the camera tattoo on arm teacher team team leader telescope tent terraforming territory terror tesseract testing the shimmer the unknown theory threatened with a gun threatened with a knife throat ripping tickling a child tickling a woman tied feet tied to a chair time gap time leap timeframe 2010s timeframe 21st century title spoken by character told in flashback top secret torture tranquilized transformation transmutation tree tumor u.s. army unconscious man unfaithful husband unfaithfulness unit very little dialogue video camera video recording violence waking from a sex dream walkie talkie walking in the woods watching a video watchtower white phosphorus grenade woman bound and gagged woman deceased woman firing a machine gun woman on top sex woman tied to a chair woods worm written by director

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