10 Recent Monster Movies Better Than Godzilla: King Of The Monsters

It's already been twelve months since his last covert operation, and the rugged military man, Kane, is still missing in action, presumed to be dead.

With his wife Lena still grieving him, an unprecedented phenomenon in the swamp lands of Florida will soon have her following in Kane's footsteps as a member of a strong all-women team. So many theories try to explain the mysterious ever-expanding iridescent membrane (known as ‘The Shimmer’) which swallows the area, but none were able to yield facts. Kane is lost inside of The Shimmer, and Lena is desperate to attempt a rescue.

Annihilation's actresses employ confident exteriors to mask increasingly uncontrollable internal tumult, and they’re led by a captivating Portman, whose turn is well-defined and lucid, even as it operates on the edge of intriguing obliqueness. At times, it’s hard to know whether to swoon or scream — a tension that makes this world an intoxicating one to explore, while opening the imagination to all sorts of possibilities.

Annihilation outdoes Godzilla: King of Monsters simply because of its horrifying beauty. The area within ‘The Shimmer’ has been digitally enhanced to look like a utopia, and it certainly does. Until you see the monsters. With only four main characters to focus on, each with their own distinct talents and traits, the story is easy to follow (despite not necessarily being for the feint of heart).

The dialogue is well put together, offering us the reprise of humor every now and again. Annihilation's depth of characters did nothing more than highlight the shallowness of Godzilla: King of Monsters.