It may have been teased as a sci-fi reminiscent of classics like \u201cAlien\u201d and \u201cJurassic Park,\u201d but Sony Pictures\u2019 \u201c65\u2033 instead burned up in the atmosphere and fell dramatically short of either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The opening of the film sets the stage millions of years ago, with a man named \u201cMills\u201d (Adam Driver) sitting on the beach with his wife (Nika King) as their daughter Nevine (Chloe Coleman) plays in the ocean \u2014 a human species presumably living in another galaxy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nevine is sick, so Mills, a space pilot, signs up for a two-year transport mission as a means of paying for her treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Within minutes, \u201c65\u2033 jettisons Mills into space, where his ship hits a cluster of asteroids before crash landing onto the surface of an unknown celestial body, killing hundreds of the ship\u2019s passengers in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s a fitting start, as the movie ultimately does that same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Warning: Spoilers ahead)<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Outside of his ship is where we learn that Mills has landed on a dinosaur-rich Earth 65 million years before our present day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He believes he\u2019s alone, save for the reptilian monsters, until a 9-year old passenger aboard the ship named Koa (Ariana Greenblatt) sets off Mills\u2019 \u201csearch for life and rescue radar\u201d machine. He drags her out of her cryosleep pod, only to learn she doesn\u2019t speak English. (Frankly, it\u2019s unclear why or how Mills does.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Common language or no, the duo must make it to the only remaining escape pod without being eaten by scaly critters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Pedro Pascal\u2019ian story (see: \u201cThe Last of Us,\u201d \u201cThe Mandalorian\u201d), wherein a reluctant and flawed father figure must guide an orphaned child to safety, ensues. Koa and Mills\u2019 inability to communicate with words was an odd plot point to employ, seeing as much of the film remains silent save for the sounds of insects, dinosaurs and screaming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Still, it\u2019s not the prehistoric creatures that pose the greatest threat. It\u2019s time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mills and Koa just so happen to have crashed landed on Earth the very same day the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs has entered the atmosphere. Talk about bad luck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And while some pretty gory dinosaur scenes do occur, the most destructive baddie in the movie is, alas, a giant flaming rock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Along the way, Koa and Mills bond over whistling \u2014 wonderful. They eventually manage to escape in the nick of time, holding hands as they sail off peacefully into space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Throughout, America\u2019s favorite Marine-turned-thespian, Driver, and Greenblatt out-act the source material, ultimately delivering performances that were vastly more superior than the movie itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are rumored to be sequel and prequel ideas, but as it stands, \u201c65\u2033 should go the way of the dinosaurs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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