A thrilling survival adventure with a high-concept idea is currently playing in theaters. It fulfills all of its promises.
Pilot Mills (Adam Driver) accepts a two-year mission to pay for his daughter Nevine’s (Olivia Coleman) medical care in a universe that viewers are introduced to as existing “before to the dawn of mankind, in the infinity of space. Even archaic aliens had inadequate health coverage.
65 million years ago, Mills’ ship made a crash landing on Earth. Only Mills and Koa (Ariana Greenblatt) managed to escape, which was difficult because Koa doesn’t speak the same language as Mills.
Even though it lacks a factual anecdote to support it, this idea is only marginally less absurd than Cocaine Bear’s. Yet, 65 definitely succeeds in terms of space weapons and prehistoric survival.
The movie quickly transitions to Earth by establishing Mills’ family and his situation before the title. It is obvious how Mills gathers supplies, gets his bearings, and makes plans for his and Koa’s survival even with his alien technology.
It is clear that Mills experiences a paternal dynamic because of Koa. There are clues that Nevine’s situation deteriorated while he was away, but Koa does not appear to fill the hole.
Since helping others is what decent people do when they crash land in the age of the dinosaurs, Mills would assist her even if he were single.
They had to go there since the lone possible escape vessel from the catastrophe ended up on a mountain. Mills and Koa must avoid dinosaurs and ancient bugs along the way.The small dinosaurs are aggressive enough, but 65 works its way up to the Tyrranosaurus. Writer/directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods know the audience has seen Jurassic Park, so they find clever ways to present Mills fighting dinosaurs, often involving his devices.
The dangers keep coming for Mills and Koa as the environment is as harsh as the dinosaurs. Mills climbs a tree that is unstable and all of the terrain is precarious. Beck and Woods capture the epic landscape of prehistoric Earth via craters, caves and forests.
There may be few surprises in Mills and Koa’s journey but there don’t need to be. It’s enough to make the survival exciting. The impending meteor adds a ticking clock for Mills and Koa, as well as for the entire species of dinosaurs, but the dinosaurs’ fate has already been spoiled.
