They are shadows of their former selves and are looking into the abyss for something to fill the hole. Others like Cass are consumed with grief over the loss of a loved one. Ventress is dying, and she made the trek into the Shimmer to find meaning in life, hers and the countless poor souls she condemned to wander the lost crystal forests and horrific forests. We can’t help but destroy ourselves worse than any alien race ever could.ĭr. Whether it be the disastrous interactions between the women the longer they are in the Shimmer or the final psychedelic encounter with Lena’s double, the message is the same. That tendency to self-destruct is the underlining theme of Annihilation. Each of the women struggles with depression, self-harm, and grief. Ventress and Lena, Gina Rodriguez’s Anya, a military expert, Tessa Thomson’s Josie, and Tuva Novotny’s Cass. None of the previous groups ever returned.Īlong with Dr. Ventress(Jennifer Jason Leigh), overseeing all other expeditions from the command post. Natalie Portman’s Lena, a biologist, is joining the group after her husband(Oscar Isaac) returned inexplicably from the foreboding space impossibly changed. Self-destruction always leads to Annihilationįive women are tasked with entering The Shimmer, a mysterious boundary where things go in but rarely come out. Here’s everything you need to know about that wild ending. Let’s take a deep dive into the dolphin-filled waters together(if you have read the books, you get that reference). Channeling VanderMeer’s creeping dread, Garland’s mind-melting film is beautiful, tragic, haunting, and wildly ambiguous. Garland said he only read Annihilation once and then wrote the screenplay the next morning. He never even read Authority or Acceptance, the second and third books. Despite a complete departure from the core conclusion of the novel, it manages to capture some of the inherent weirdness of VanderMeer’s work. Based on the first of the Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer, Alex Garland’s Annihilation is easily one of his trippiest films.
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