65 is a scifi adventure about a space pilot Mills(Adam Driver) who, on a long mission, is downed on an unknown planet by an asteroid.
Driver brings his typical charisma and a surprising grounded minimalism to the role that works. His main co-star Ariana Greenblatt as Koa fairs relatively well even if an unnecessary language barrier needlessly impedes some of the action and story. There's enough emotional stakes to give the movie some texture but mostly the focus is on the journey and the dinosaurs.
Visually solid with some unique creature design, an effective if somewhat generic score, and some nice location shooting make for a relatively tight, evocative piece of genre filmmaking. The climactic T-Rex face off is particularly potent. Some of the movies twists are bafflingly pooched or made overly explicit and there could be more dinosaurs but for being an original idea on a budget 65 delivers on its premise and offers a welcome alternative to the ever extending parade of franchises, sequels, and reboots.
Currently in theaters, coming soon to VOD.
Rent It.
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