Movie Name/Year: Extinction
(2018)
Tagline: We were
not here first.
Genre: Action,
Drama, Sci-Fi
Length: 95 minutes
Rating: TV-MA
Production Companies:
Good Universe, Mandeville Films, Universal Pictures, Netflix
Producer: Anna
Halberg, David Hoberman, Nathan Kahane, Kelli Konop, Christopher Landry, Roy
Lee, Todd Lieberman, John Powers Middleton, Cory C. Myler, Andrew Pfeffer, Andjelija
Vlaisavljevic, Erin Westerman, Alexander Young
Director: Ben
Young
Writer: Spenser
Cohen, Brad Kane, Eric Heisserer
Actors: Michael
Peña, Lizzy Caplan, Amelia Crouch, Erica Tremblay, Lex Shrapnel, Emma Booth,
Lilly Aspell, Mike Colter, Israel Broussard, Sandra Teles, Tom Riley, Michael
Absalom, Mina Obradovic, Joe Corrigall, Nikola Kent, Jovan Gulan, Dan Cade,
Brad Kane
Blurb from Netflix:
Plagued by dreams of an alien invasion, a family man faces his worst nightmare
when an extraterrestrial force begins exterminating Earth’s inhabitants.
Selina’s Point of View:
I love a good end-of-the-world film. The problem is that
they can get a little trope-y and the writing can get a little lazy. As a result,
it’s difficult to find a really good one.
Personally, I enjoyed Extinction;
however, I was not surprised to find that a lot of people didn’t.
Extinction was
blessed with an amazing cast. Michael Peña (Ant-Man
and the Wasp, A Wrinkle in Time, 12 Strong), Lizzy Caplan (Marvel One-Shot: Item 47, The Disaster
Artist, Masters of Sex), and Mike Colter (Luke Cage, Skin, Brooklyn Lobster) have all been part of various MCU
projects, so you know they’re nothing to sneeze at. Even the child actors,
Amelia Crouch (The Last Dragonslayer, Alice
Through the Looking Glass, The Huntsman: Winter’s War) and Erica Tremblay (Before I Fall, Imaginary Mary, Perfect Match),
were great at what they needed to convey.
I believed everyone.
I’m also going to be watching Israel Broussard (Happy Death Day, To All the Boys I’ve Loved
Before, H8RZ) closely from now on. I think he’s going to become a household
name if he gets the right project. Which means I should probably learn how to pronounce
it.
Whatever issues people have with Extinction, I don’t think it should really fall on the people involved.
I’d say that even the writing was well done, I think the only fault was in the
tone.
This is, of course, purely from my perspective, but I wish
the director had paid more attention to the ‘thriller’ aspects than the ‘action’.
I love action flicks, but this is different. There are some moments in this
film that are supposed to hit hard and I think they lost some of their edge
because they were surrounded by explosions instead of suspense.
That said, I still don’t think the movie was bad.
I enjoyed the twists and turns. I even got caught off-guard
by a couple.
I would recommend this one.
Rotten Tomatoes Critic Score – 40%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score – 48%
Metascore - 40/100
Metacritic User Score – 5.1/10
IMDB Score – 5.8/10
Trust the Dice: Selina’s Rating – 3.5/5
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