Film review: Extinction (Netflix original film)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Cert: 15 cert
Director: Ben Young
Screenwriter: (earlier script ) Spenser Cohen, Eric Heisserer, Brad Kane
Starring: Lizzy Caplan, Michael Peña, Mike Colter, Emma Booth, Israel Broussard, Tom Riley, Lilly Aspell, Sandra Teles, Amelia Crouch, Lex Shrapnel, Erica Tremblay, Nick Kent, Georgia Goodman, Ivona Kustudic, Ivana Zivkovic.
Running time: 1h 35min
Parents advised reading before viewing the film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:
Violence & Gore:
Profanity:
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:
Frightening/Intense Scenes:
Story: tory follows a man who has a recurring dream of losing his family. His nightmare turns into a reality when the planet is invaded by a force bent on brutality and destruction. Fighting for their lives, he comes to realize an unknown strength to keep his family safe from harm.
Likes: Saw this advertised a while back from the trailer this film looks interesting with a good sci-fi plot, but looks can be deceiving when it comes to the film isnt self. Not saying it a bad film, just not a great film, there was a lot of potential with the story but I don't think it was written very well.
The thing I do like is the acting is pretty solid for this type of film, although there is a lot of flaws in this that I could give away buy it would reveal the plot, Michael Pena and Lizzy Caplan are great in their performances and an actor and actress they are good in their own right, one problem is they have very little chemistry together which made the character a little off so I feel these are bad casting here.
The plot itself is pretty simple, life sees happy until an invading force attack the earth chaos ensues across the world, yet the story isnt all that it seems to be as the plot takes a weird twist. This is kind of where this film kind of nose better words nose dives, with a poorly written plot twist, that could be been better written.
Dislikes: This film biggest problem is that it tries this skyline, Matrix-style plot yet the plot is poorly written in a way that should have been explained better, especial with the dialogue of the late Steven Hawkins warning about AI being the dominant thing that will wipe out humanity. But the plot completely misses the point of this but giving no explanation what so ever, were give an utterly poor written sci-fi film that belongs on the Sci-fi channel.
Overall: Had potential but misses the mark completely, poorly written plot, poor casting
Rating: 4.2 out of 10 for Entertainment / 5 out of 10 for the concept
Cert: 15 cert
Director: Ben Young
Screenwriter: (earlier script ) Spenser Cohen, Eric Heisserer, Brad Kane
Starring: Lizzy Caplan, Michael Peña, Mike Colter, Emma Booth, Israel Broussard, Tom Riley, Lilly Aspell, Sandra Teles, Amelia Crouch, Lex Shrapnel, Erica Tremblay, Nick Kent, Georgia Goodman, Ivona Kustudic, Ivana Zivkovic.
Running time: 1h 35min
Parents advised reading before viewing the film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:
- There is no sex nor nudity in this movie
Violence & Gore:
- An attack from the sky on a group of people outside a building. Few shots show some victims getting shot down by that object in the sky.
- A scene where it shows dead bodies on the ground with blood in various areas on their bodies.
- Group of masked men surround an unarmed man on the ground. One of the men stabs the unarmed man once. This scene was shot from a distance but it is clear. No blood is seen in this shot.
- A man holds a knife in front of his chest and stabs it, then he makes a cut through his chest. No blood is seen but at some point and briefly, the cut in the chest was visible.
Profanity:
- There is no profanity in this movie.
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:
- There is no consumption of alcohol and drugs and no smoking in this movie.
Frightening/Intense Scenes:
- Some intense moments throughout the film, seen through they are unstable for younger viewers
Story: tory follows a man who has a recurring dream of losing his family. His nightmare turns into a reality when the planet is invaded by a force bent on brutality and destruction. Fighting for their lives, he comes to realize an unknown strength to keep his family safe from harm.
Likes: Saw this advertised a while back from the trailer this film looks interesting with a good sci-fi plot, but looks can be deceiving when it comes to the film isnt self. Not saying it a bad film, just not a great film, there was a lot of potential with the story but I don't think it was written very well.
The thing I do like is the acting is pretty solid for this type of film, although there is a lot of flaws in this that I could give away buy it would reveal the plot, Michael Pena and Lizzy Caplan are great in their performances and an actor and actress they are good in their own right, one problem is they have very little chemistry together which made the character a little off so I feel these are bad casting here.
The plot itself is pretty simple, life sees happy until an invading force attack the earth chaos ensues across the world, yet the story isnt all that it seems to be as the plot takes a weird twist. This is kind of where this film kind of nose better words nose dives, with a poorly written plot twist, that could be been better written.
Dislikes: This film biggest problem is that it tries this skyline, Matrix-style plot yet the plot is poorly written in a way that should have been explained better, especial with the dialogue of the late Steven Hawkins warning about AI being the dominant thing that will wipe out humanity. But the plot completely misses the point of this but giving no explanation what so ever, were give an utterly poor written sci-fi film that belongs on the Sci-fi channel.
Overall: Had potential but misses the mark completely, poorly written plot, poor casting
Rating: 4.2 out of 10 for Entertainment / 5 out of 10 for the concept
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