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You’d think a movie in which Adam Driver fights a bunch of dinosaurs couldn’t possibly be boring, but that’s exactly what “65” is.

This is a movie that would have benefitted from being a whole lot stupider. The big-budget sci-fi flick—which reportedly cost $91 million to make and was featured in a Super Bowl ad—should have embraced its inherent B-movie roots. Instead, it tries to juggle a wild survival story with a poignant family drama, but both elements feel so rushed and underdeveloped that neither ends up registering. There’s nothing to these characters, and the action sequences quickly grow repetitive and wearisome. There’s a jump scare, insistent notes from an overbearing score, some running and screaming, the gnashing of teeth, and maybe an injury before a narrow escape. Over and over and over again.

But the film from the writing-directing team of Scott Beck and Bryan Woods , whose credits include co-writing “ A Quiet Place ” with John Krasinski , offers an intriguingly contradictory premise. It takes place 65 million years ago, but suggests that futuristic civilizations existed back then on planets throughout the universe. On one of them, Driver stars as a space pilot named Mills. He’s about to embark on a two-year exploratory mission in order to afford medical treatment for his ailing daughter ( Chloe Coleman from “ My Spy ,” who’s featured in the film’s prelude and sporadic video snippets).

On the way to his destination, the ship Mills is flying enters an unexpected asteroid field, gets torn to shreds, and crashes. All of the passengers in cryogenic sleep are killed—except one, who just happens to be a girl around the same age as his daughter. Her name is Koa, and she’s played by Ariana Greenblatt . And the planet, which has swampy terrain reminiscent of Dagobah, just happens to be—wait for it—Earth.

“65” requires Mills and Koa to schlep from the wreckage to a mountaintop so they can commandeer the escape pod that’s perched there and fly out before dinosaurs can stomp and chomp on them. The creatures can be startling at times, but at other times they look so cheesy and fake, they’re like the animatronics you’d see at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant. And yet! It almost would have been better—or at least more entertaining—if “65” had leaned harder into that silliness if it had played with the basic ridiculousness of mixing complex technology with the Cretaceous period. They rarely use Mills’ advanced gadgets in any inspired ways within this prehistoric setting. The few attempts at humor fall flat—they mainly consist of Koa making fun of Mills for being uptight—and moments of peril wrap up too tidily for us to luxuriate in their anxiety.

Worst of all, Driver doesn’t get to ham it up nearly enough here. He’s an actor of great intensity, which can be both thrilling and amusing if he’s amping it up in a knowing way. Imagine him screaming “More!!!” as he’s blasting Luke Skywalker in “ Star Wars: The Last Jedi ,” or punching a wall during an argument in “ Marriage Story .” But the man he plays in “65” is blandly heroic and just seems generally annoyed. Greenblatt, meanwhile, does the best she can with a character we know absolutely nothing about. Koa speaks a language that’s not English, so most of her exchanges with Mills consist of mimicking the basic words he says to her, including “family.” There’s no real bond between them, but neither is there any sort of prickly tension since they’re stuck with each other. “The Last of Us,” this is not.

Beck and Woods offer some clever camerawork here and there, but also some erratic editing choices. And they borrow quite a bit from the “ Jurassic Park ” franchise: a giant footprint in the mud or a dinosaur’s yellow eye leering menacingly through a window. But maybe that’s inevitable at this point. Their film only gets truly enjoyably nutty toward the end, with its climactic combination of a sneaky quicksand patch, a ravenous Tyrannosaurus rex, a well-timed geyser eruption, and a catastrophic asteroid shower. But by then, it’s too late for us—and the planet.

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Rated PG-13 for intense sci-fi action and peril, and brief bloody images.

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‘65’ Review: Adam Driver Battles Dinosaurs and Other Stone-Age Story Ideas in Derivative Thriller

'A Quiet Place' writers Scott Beck and Bryan Woods direct a prehistoric adventure that feels like it's 65 million movies in the making.

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Identifying the distant remains of the rest of their ship using a handful of relics from his technologically advanced culture, Mills and Koa make a difficult trek across terrain filled with quicksand, steam-filled geysers, life-threatening flora and a variety of dinosaur species. But even as they overcome each new hazard, a much bigger one appears: the asteroid that felled their ship is on a collision course with Earth. They soon find themselves in a race against the clock to get to the ship’s escape pod before either dying in a planet-leveling fireball or being eaten by a carnivorous reptile.

But those quiet moments also give the audience to wonder: so a humanlike species from another planet, armed with the technology for interstellar travel (not to mention laser guns and 3D GPS) came to Earth 65 million years ago, long before humankind existed — and the point is “just” that they’re trying to get back home? Seems like a long way to travel to go nowhere particularly meaningful.

That said, Beck and Woods make dinosaurs frightening for the first time in decades, thanks to some classic misdirection and staging that involves a lot of shadows to make the audience say “nope” when the characters decide to plumb further into them. If their filmmaking isn’t particularly inventive, the duo approach it with the same kind of sturdy proficiency they use when borrowing scenes or genre boilerplate to tell their stories. “A Quiet Place” worked because it gently tweaked a lot of familiar formulas and then director John Krasinski executed the whole thing with a workmanlike attention to detail; “65” doesn’t have the same core emotionality holding it together (this family is fractured, not fighting to stay together), but behind the cameras Beck and Woods merely service their ideas rather than strengthening them from the page.

At just 93 minutes, ”65” feels pleasantly diverting in competition with a glut of sequels that include “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” “Creed III,” “Scream VI” and “John Wick Chapter 4” — not that anything in it is all that original. Then again, perhaps the reason it still falls short is because the idea of a standalone story seems too good to be true in an era of cinematic universes, especially given the fact that buried in its premise, before the title card even, is the idea there’s more than just our own to explore.

In which case, the best thing for “65” would be that no more installments follow, but if it proves a hit, audiences couldn’t possibly be that lucky. Who were Mills’ other passengers? Why was he transporting them? In what way do his “people” relate, genetically, or otherwise, to ordinary humans? These are all questions that you can see Sony salivating at the prospect of answering in a sequel or spinoff, but they all feel more intriguing without some sort of canonical answer. In which case, “65” is a film whose past feels like it was 65 million movies in the making, and its future depends on a several hundred millions in box office revenue. They best way to enjoy it is to let go of all that and be present.

Reviewed at Thalberg Screening Room, Los Angeles, March 9, 2023. MPA Rating: PG-13. Running time: 93 MIN.

Production: A Sony release of Columbia Pictures presentation of a Bron Creative, Raimi Prods., Beck Woods production. Producers: Sam Raimi, Deborah Liebling, Zainab Azizi, Scott Beck, Bryan Woods. Executive producers: Maryann Brandon, Doug Merrifield, Jason Cloth, Aaron L. Gilbert.
Crew: Directors, writers: Scott Beck & Bryan Woods. Camera: Salvatore Totino. Editors: Josh Schaeffer, Jane Tones. Music: Chris Bacon
With: Adam Driver, Ariana Greenblatt, Chloe Coleman.

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'65' Ending Explained: Adam Driver Finally Fights Those Dang Dinosaurs

Perhaps Adam Driver should have stopped and asked the dinosaurs for directions to get to the ending of this movie faster.

Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for 65. The first thing you should know about 65 , the new action film starring Adam Driver , is that it isn’t nearly as fun as it should have been . We know, this is devastating news to hear. Despite so much going for it, namely, a committed Driver really giving his all to the lackluster story, it is an oddly boring experience. From the distractingly poor effects to the staging of the majority of the action sequences, it is really a missed opportunity. With that being said, the conclusion proves to be the best part. This is damning with faint praise, and it isn’t able to redeem all that preceded it, especially since it took so long to get there, though it is worth digging into a little bit further. In case it wasn’t already clear, this piece is going to spoil the entire film . There aren’t any important revelations it uncovers, but it does finally get to be more downright goofy.

What Is '65' About (Beyond Adam Driver and Dinos)?

As some backstory for those that haven’t yet seen the film, the premise is an aggressively simple one. Essentially, Driver is playing a character named Mills who is on a two-year mission traveling through space. He is not human, living on a planet both far from Earth and long ago in the past. Specifically, it is 65 million years ago. The reason that Mills is taking this job is so that he and his wife can afford care for his ailing daughter. This time away from them is the sacrifice that he is willing to make so that she can live. Unfortunately, this doesn’t prove to be enough as we see via messages she sends that she ends up succumbing to her illness anyway. After his ship crashes into an asteroid field that seems to come out of nowhere, this initially leaves Mills ready to take his own life as he thinks that all the passengers in cryosleep are dead. He then finds a purpose when he discovers the young Koa ( Ariana Greenblatt ) has also survived. They speak different languages, but Mills is still able to deceive her into believing her parents are alive at the other part of the ship he hopes to use to escape.

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The film then becomes about them traveling to get there. They must fight off dinosaurs and, like another lackluster recent blockbuster ostensibly about large prehistoric creatures , also contend with a whole lot of bugs. Through it all, the two begin to form a bond as they face down crisis after crisis together. They will frequently save each other from earthbound dangers at the last possible second, but there is something more perilous that they won’t be able to fight off. As it turns out, the film is taking place just before an asteroid crashed into the planet and completely wiped all the dinosaurs off the face of the Earth. Mills had suspected the asteroid field was possibly part of something bigger, but he didn’t know this for certain until they were about midway through their journey. This creates a new urgency as they will have to make it to the ship before the planet is consumed in fire that will leave almost nothing alive. There is part of you that begins rooting for this asteroid to hurry up so that something more exciting will happen and, eventually, it arrives. Before it touches down, there is one more fight that Mills must take part in that was the one we were waiting to see for the entire film.

Are We There Yet?

The main event of the whole thing is him having to fight a T-rex that seemed to be stalking the traveling duo. As it turns out, there are actually several of them that he must take on. As fiery space rocks rain down all around them, Mills uses his space gun to make short work of the first two with a brief assist from Koa who distracts them with a projection of his daughter. The problem is there is one more, resembling a turtle of sorts, who chases him out onto a field of geysers that blast extremely hot water into the air. This was something Mills encountered at the beginning of the film and he realizes he can lure the creature out onto it to kill it.

While this doesn’t work initially, Koa again jumps in to save the day by stabbing the dinosaur with a poison-covered tooth she made into a makeshift spear. The two of them then get into the ship and blast off into space, passing the main asteroid that crashes down where they were just a moment earlier. Finally, with a moment to exhale, the two sit in silence until Koa reaches out and grabs MIlls’ hand. After each having lost those they loved, they were able to find a connection with the other in order to get out alive. Alone, they would have most certainly died. It was only together that they managed to find the drive they needed to survive.

This is the film’s rather blunt way of tying up the emotional thematic journey alongside the physical one as the two characters were able to help each other heal. In other words, it wasn’t the dinosaur destination, but the friends we made along the way. This isn’t well executed by any means, but that is the rather explicit meaning it is trying to lay out. Is it fun or exciting? Not really. Will you remember much of the experience more than a day later? Most likely not. Does it have any deeper meaning about our relationship to the world and how we find a way to endure catastrophe? Absolutely not. It really is open and shut, proving to be superficial more than it is anything else. In the end, the film is about people trying to fight their way through a harrowing journey they’ll soon wish they could put behind them. This is something audiences will be able to relate to having had to sit through the cinematic slog that is 65 along with them.

65 ending explained: what happens in the Adam Driver sci-fi movie?

In 65, people from the future fight for survival on earth when dinosaurs stalked the lands.

Mills (Adam Driver) and Koa (Ariana Greenblatt) in a cave at night in 65

What happens at the end of 65? Here's how the sci-flick starring Adam Driver (and a whole host of dinosaurs) played out.

65 sees spacefarer Mills (Driver) leaving his family and home planet behind on a two-year-long deep-space voyage in order to earn some extra cash. However, the trip really doesn't pay off. During his flight, the ship is hit by an asteroid and ends up crashing down to Earth, 65 million years in the past.

Initially, he thinks he's the only survivor, though his ship soon detects signs of life from one of the spacecraft's cryo pods. With Koa (Ariana Greenblatt) to protect, he resolves to get both of them off the planet, having to do battle with all manner of "alien" creatures — aka dinosaurs — en route.

Be warned, there are big spoilers ahead. If you'd prefer to find out what happens for yourself, check out our article explaining how to watch 65 instead. Otherwise, here's 65 's ending explained.

65 ending explained: what happens to Mills and Koa?

Mills (Adam Driver), weapon in hand, with Koa (Ariana Greenblatt) in the foreground in 65

The bulk of the film sees Mills trying to escort the young girl, Koa, to the other half of his crashed ship, which is embedded in a mountain 15 kilometers away.

By the time they reach the top, they've already encountered a number of dinosaurs, but there's a second problem on the horizon. Aside from the variety of predators lurking around every corner, there's also a giant asteroid on course for an imminent collision with the planet.

Against all odds, the pair reach the mountaintop. There, Koa is devastated to learn that Mills had lied to her. At the outset of their journey, he'd told her that her family was waiting at the top of the mountain in order to convince her to come on the hike to the other half of the ship.

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Understandably, she's fairly upset. To bring her back around, Mills confesses that his daughter had died. Since he'd taken the long-haul flight job to earn enough money to pay for treatment for her unknown illness, the whole thing was essentially rendered a pointless journey.

With this new common ground established, the pair are even more determined to flee together. They climb into the cockpit of the vessel and prepare to launch, but a smaller meteorite smashes into the ship and flips the escape pod over. Mills and Koa come to just in time, as two large dinosaurs emerge and begin to close in on the ship.

Mills (Adam Driver) showing Koa (Ariana Greenblatt) how his scanner can be used to project images in 65.

The pair work together and Mills manages to kill the two creatures before they can destroy the ship. They're not out of the woods yet, though, as another, larger quadrupedal dinosaur — the one they'd fled into the caves from — returns to seek its revenge.

During the ensuing struggle, the dino rights the spaceship. Mills urges Koa to launch the ship whilst he leads the creature away on foot. Mills is basically out of options to fight the creature, but he lays eyes on the hot springs he stumbled on shortly after his crash. He dives past a geyser, expecting it to kill the beast, but the giant predator survives the first blast and bears down on him whilst Mills is lying on the ground.

As the beast goes to eat him, Koa rushes in to save him by stabbing the dinosaur through the eye with the large piece of bone she'd stashed in her bag earlier. Distracted, the creature thrashes in pain and stays rooted in place just long enough to take a full blast from the geyser, finishing it off and allowing the pair to escape.

With no more dinos in their immediate vicinity, the pair make their way back to the ship and get off the planet just before the asteroid strikes the planet, triggering a mass extinction event and wiping out all life on Earth.

65 is now available to watch in theaters. For info on movie listings near you, head to the official 65 website. And for more films to look forward to, check out our guide to the biggest new movies coming out this year.

Martin is a Staff Writer with WhatToWatch.com, where he produces a variety of articles focused on the latest and greatest films and TV shows.

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‘65’ Review: What on Earth?

Millions of years ago, a guy from another planet landed on this one. Like most survivors, he had a moody little girl with him.

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In a film scene, a man and a young girl stand in a dense forest, looking worried.

By A.O. Scott

To paraphrase an old Monty Python sketch , nobody suspects the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction.

Certainly the poor dinosaurs didn’t, though for their more obsessive present-day human fans the fact that this movie is called “65” — as in million years ago — might count as a spoiler. When Mills the space pilot crash-lands on a muddy, reptile-infested Earth after his vessel is hit by an asteroid, you might have an inkling of the larger disaster in store.

I don’t mean the movie; that would be unkind. “65,” directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods (two writers of the first “Quiet Place” film), is not interesting enough to be truly terrible or terrible enough to be halfway interesting. As Mills, Adam Driver does a lot of breathing and grunting as he runs a gantlet of familiar dangers. In addition to the T. rexes and other saurian menaces, he faces quicksand, large bugs, falling rocks, malfunctioning equipment and the withering judgment of a 9-year-old girl.

But let’s back up a second. Who are these people, and how did they get to our planet before (if I may quote the opening titles) “the advent of mankind”? The answer is that they belonged to an ancient extraterrestrial civilization, one sufficiently advanced to have invented not only space travel, but the usual array of futuristic sci-fi technology.

Their health care system was pretty bad, though. Mills’s adolescent daughter, Nevine (Chloe Coleman), suffers from a persistent, apparently life-threatening cough, and the only way he can afford her treatment is by taking on a high-paying “long-range exploratory mission.” He’s already grief-stricken when the asteroid hits, cleaving his spaceship in two and killing all of his cryogenically frozen passengers except one, a girl named Koa (Ariana Greenblatt).

The folks on their home planet, realistically enough, speak more than one language, so Koa and Mills — whose native idiom is English — can’t communicate very well. Also, he’s a grumpy, unhappy man and she’s a moody girl, so we’re on familiar survival-story terrain. “65” is a little like “ The Last of Us ,” but with dinosaurs instead of mushrooms and no obvious sociological theme that would sustain a think piece.

Which would be to its credit, if it managed to be a simple, effective action movie. Or science-fiction movie. Or scary movie. Or something. Like Mills’s emotional back story, the special effects seem to have been pulled out of a box of secondhand ideas. Nor is the execution all that impressive. There’s little in the way of awe, suspense or surprise. Just a quickly hatched plan to get off this God-forsaken planet and leave it to its fate.

65 Rated PG-13. Dinosaur blood and prehistoric curses. Running time: 1 hour 33 minutes. In theaters.

A.O. Scott is a co-chief film critic. He joined The Times in 2000 and has written for the Book Review and The New York Times Magazine. He is also the author of “Better Living Through Criticism.” More about A.O. Scott

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65’s ending explained

Warning: this article contains major spoilers for 65 (2023).

What is 65 about?

Does adam driver really battle a tyrannosaurus rex in 65, how does 65 end.

65 ’s story is fairly simple. Set “prior to the advent of mankind,” the sci-fi film follows Mills (Adam Driver), a for-hire pilot from a distant world who ends stranded on an uncharted planet after his ship is hit by an unexpected asteroid storm. With all of his cryogenically asleep passengers presumed dead, Mills briefly considers killing himself in 65 ’s opening minutes before he discovers that one of his passengers, a little girl named Koa (Ariana Greenblatt), survived their crash.

After waking Koa up, Mills takes it upon himself to journey with her to their ship’s emergency escape vessel, which crash-landed over a dozen kilometers away on a distant mountain. Unfortunately for Mills and Koa, viewers quickly discover that they haven’t crash-landed on just any planet, but a prehistoric Earth that is still populated by dinosaurs. As a result, the duo’s escape from Earth doesn’t end up being nearly as easy as they would have liked.

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Over the course of 65 ’s lean 93-minute runtime, Mills and Koa are forced to face off against a number of dinosaurs, many of which immediately try to kill the pair. In case that wasn’t bad enough, it’s revealed in 65 ’s second act that the asteroid field that caused Mills and Koa’s ship to crash was merely the leftover debris from another much larger asteroid that is heading straight for Earth. The asteroid in question is the same one that will wipe out all of the planet’s non-avian dinosaurs.

Following their discovery of the incoming asteroid, Mills and Koa rush to get to their escape vessel before Earth’s surface is totally remade. Once they reach their escape vessel, however, Koa not only realizes that both of her parents were killed in the crash that brought her to Earth in the first place, but that Mills also lied to her about her family being at their destination. For a few moments, it looks like Koa and Mills are going to be split apart irrevocably by the latter’s grief and sense of betrayal.

Instead, Mills opens up to her about the loss of his own daughter, Nevine (Chloe Coleman), who died while he was away on the very mission that has brought him and Koa together. Despite not being able to fully understand him, Koa recognizes Mills’ vulnerability. It’s the pair’s shared grief, consequently, that brings them back together. Unfortunately, just as Koa and Mills are about to leave Earth, their escape vessel gets hit by a meteor, which sends it tumbling off its mountain perch.

On the ground, Mills and Koa find themselves surrounded by three very angry Tyrannosaurus rexes. Mills gets out of their escape vessel and manages to defeat two of the massive dinosaurs on his own. Once his sole weapon runs out of ammo, though, it’s only a well-timed geyser blast and a last-minute save from Koa that prevents the remaining T-Rex from killing Mills. With only seconds to spare, Mills and Koa then run back to their escape vessel and leave Earth just as it is hit by a planet-altering asteroid.

As he and Koa fly toward the rescue vessel waiting somewhere in the stars for them, Mills closes his eyes and remembers some of his final memories with his daughter. For a moment, it looks like the pilot is going to give in to the pain of his multiple wounds and die. He’s pulled back to consciousness, though, when Koa takes his hand in hers. 65 then ends on an image of Mills and Koa’s ship speeding away and becoming yet another speck of light in a sea of stars.

As far as endings go, 65 ’s is ultimately a reflection of the film itself. It’s a simple, bare-bones conclusion that plays with a lot of familiar ideas and story beats, but nonetheless achieves an emotional resolution that is moving in its own small way and surprisingly optimistic. As exciting as many of 65 ’s action sequences are, it’s really Mills and Koa’s ability to bond over their grief that keeps them alive. It’s only fitting then that 65 ends on an image that highlights both connection and loneliness in equal measure.

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Sometimes, it’s difficult to account for the trajectory of a Hollywood career — to see the logic of a hitmaker’s ascendant path from small to enormous movies. What, for example, did studio executives detect in the quirky indie comedy Safety Not Guaranteed that convinced them, erroneously, that Colin Trevorrow was the right choice to take over the Jurassic Park franchise? Other times, the leap to the majors makes more sense. Just ask anyone who’s been keeping up with the filmography of Denis Villeneuve, who once made French-Canadian art movies but now sits at the helm of the biggest multiplex event of the year so far.

The rumbling bombast of Dune: Part Two did not come out of nowhere. Rather, it represents a steady upscaling of its visionary’s vision — not a left turn so much as the culmination of an approach that’s always leaned large. Watch an earlier Villeneuve movie, like his Oscar-nominated, homegrown war drama Incendies, and you can see telltale signs of an embryonic blockbuster sensibility, a muscular talent waiting to break into a new budget bracket and sprawl across the canvas of an IMAX screen. Dune is merely the fullest realization of what you could call his signature style: heavy with portent, perched on the ledge between action and horror, easy on the eyes, and serious as cancer.

The first movie event of the year is here. Dune: Part Two opens today in theaters nationwide, and it's already a hit with critics. With a great 95% Rotten Tomatoes score, it's safe to say that Dune: Part Two is good ... very, very, good. It might even be better than Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, but we'll save those debates for later.

Directed by Denis Villeneuve, the sci-fi sequel is more epic in both length (it's nearly three hours long) and scope (tons of new characters and actors appear, including Christopher Walken!). It's the type of movie you go to a theater to see it in all of its glory. That explains why many showings in IMAX and other premium format theaters like Dolby Cinema and 4DX are already sold out.

65 - Everything You Need To Know

There's one thing everyone agrees on — dinosaurs are awesome . Who doesn't love a big, scaly, prehistoric beast? But for all the love these terrible lizards get, there aren't a whole lot of dinosaur movies. Sure, they've popped up here and there, showing up in Hollywood classics like "King Kong" and bizarre curios like "Tammy and the T-Rex." However, in recent years, the dinosaur market has been almost exclusively cornered by the "Jurassic Park" series, but a challenger to the dino throne emerged on March 10, 2023.

That's when "65" hit theaters, offering audiences a new take on these oversized reptiles. In a world of ever-growing IP, remakes, and reboots, this sci-fi flick offered a fresh take on an old concept, with some serious talent working both in front of the camera and behind the scenes. But if you've got questions about this Cretaceous caper, we've got answers. From what critics think about the flick to who wrote and directed this clash of man and monsters, read on for everything you need to know about "65."

What is the plot of 65?

With his daughter dying of an illness, Commander Mills decides to leave his home planet and take a two-year journey into space in the hopes of earning enough money to save his kid's life. Unfortunately, the ship he's piloting — which is full of cryo-sleeping passengers — accidentally hits an asteroid and crash-lands on a strange planet. In the wreckage, he manages to find one survivor, a young girl named Koa, and together, they're forced to survive in this alien world.

Of course, while it might be alien to Mills, it's not alien to us. As it turns out, this is Earth ... 65 million years ago. And yes, that means things get incredibly complicated for our heroes when hungry dinosaurs arrive on the scene. It also doesn't help that they've landed on Earth at a very, um, impactful point in history. With the clock ticking and the dinosaurs closing in, Mills and Koa have just one chance to escape, and they'll have to make a dangerous journey if they want to get off this rock alive.

Who stars in 65?

Co-starring alongside a bunch of toothy reptiles, we've got Adam Driver — a man who's no stranger to sci-fi. After playing in the acclaimed HBO series "Girls," Driver found worldwide stardom in the "Star Wars" sequel trilogy, portraying the tortured Kylo Ren, a man torn between the light and the dark side of the Force. In addition to wielding a lightsaber onscreen, Driver has also starred in projects like "Marriage Story," "The Last Duel," and "House of Gucci." In "65," he's playing the part of Commander Mills, who must protect a young girl in a world full of flesh-hungry reptiles.

So who portrays his young ward? Well, the part of Koa is played by Ariana Greenblatt, who's no stranger to surviving perilous situations. The young actress stole the show in "Love & Monsters" as Minnow, a young girl who can more than handle herself in a world full of massive mutant creatures. You'll also recognize Greenblatt as young Gamora from "Avengers: Infinity War," Daphne Diaz from "Stuck in the Middle," and the voice of Tabitha from the "Boss Baby" franchise.

Driver and Greenblatt are also joined by Chloe Coleman, who starred alongside Dave Bautista in the family flick "My Spy," Karen Gillan in the action thriller "Gunpowder Milkshake," and both Owen Wilson and Jennifer Lopez in "Marry Me." Rounding out the cast, "65" also features Nika King, who's most famous for playing Zendaya's mother, Leslie Bennett, in HBO's "Euphoria."

Who wrote and directed 65?

If you don't already know the names Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, you should probably memorize them real quick. It seems these two are becoming real-deal power players in Hollywood, especially when it comes to sci-fi and horror films. This dynamic duo is responsible for writing and directing "65," but before that, they were busy collaborating on films like 2019's "Haunt" (a slasher flick set in a haunted house) and 2015's "Nightlight" (a supernatural set-in-the-woods thriller). However, they really punched their ticket to success by writing one of the most dynamic genre scripts in recent memory: "A Quiet Place." They're also responsible for the adaptation of Stephen King's "The Boogeyman," so one thing is for sure about these two — they know how to bring some serious thrills.

Who produced 65?

Before turning their attention to Adam Driver's dino adventure, Scott Beck and Bryan Woods were hired to work on Quibi's (remember Quibi?) horror anthology series "50 States of Fright." However, they weren't alone on the project, and one of their fellow "50 States" collaborators joined "65" and gave the film some serious cred.

Alongside Deborah Liebling and Zainab Azizi, the legendary Sam Raimi served as a producer on "65." If you're at all familiar with horror movies or superhero flicks, then Raimi needs no introduction. He burst onto the scene with the "Evil Dead" franchise and helped lay out the blueprint for future Marvel flicks by helming the three Tobey Maguire "Spider-Man" movies. In addition to directing films like "Drag Me to Hell," "The Quick and the Dead," and "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness," Raimi has produced quite a few winners, including "Crawl," "Nightbooks," "Don't Breathe," and "30 Days of Night."

How did critics and audiences respond to 65?

The premise of "65" sounds awesome — humans crash-land on Earth and have to fight dinosaurs. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like critics were impressed by what "65" had to offer, with most of them wishing the film would just go extinct. The film currently has a terrible 37% critics' rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 78 reviews.

Our own Reuben Baron wasn't thrilled with the movie , writing, "'65' is dreadfully uncreative beyond the basic premise, utilizing cliched character types we've seen handled way more compellingly nearly everywhere else." David Fear of Rolling Stone agreed that "65" was majorly lacking, saying, "It's not schlocky enough to be so-bad-it's-good and nowhere near good enough to be taken even a tiny bit seriously."

Audiences, on the other hand, are a little more fond of the dinosaurian adventure. At the time of this writing, the film has a 63% approval rating based on 500+ reviews. Perhaps their feelings are best summed up by critic Maria Lattila of WhyNow, who wrote, "Is '65' good? Debatable. Is '65' enjoyable? Absolutely. The middle-budget film has disappeared, but '65' is an ambitious, entertaining example of why it should be returned."

How did 65 perform at the box office?

While average moviegoers on Rotten Tomatoes seem to like "65," its audience approval score of 63% doesn't line up with the box office numbers. On its opening weekend, the dinosaur sci-fi film earned just $12.3 million at the domestic box office. If we add in the international profits, that brings us to a total of $20 million — not great when your reported production budget is $44.5 million.

So why the massive flop? It could be partly thanks to the negative critical reviews. The film was also fighting some serious competition. It opened against "Scream 6," which took the #1 spot at the box office. Plus, there was leftover competition from the weekend before with "Creed III," which punched its way to the #2 spot, leaving "65" in third. In other words, it was a dino-sorry opening weekend.

What is 65 rated?

As is par for the course with most sci-fi blockbusters, "65" is rated PG-13. If you're worried about little ones, there's no sex or nudity, and the language here is about what you'd expect from a more serious Marvel movie. "65" earns its PG-13 largely thanks to the dinosaurs, which are pretty scary and very hungry. There's quite a bit of blood (but not excessive), plenty of attacks by those terrible lizards, and more than a few wounds earned in battle. Our hero has to get pretty violent to fight off these creatures, but honestly, nothing ever strays into R-rated territory.

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The opening text states that before the onset of mankind, other civilizations across the universe had attempted to journey into space. On the planet Somaris, a pilot named Mills (Adam Driver) is with his wife (Nika King), as they watch their daughter Nevine (Chloe Coleman) on the beach. Mills is set to venture on a two-year mission with other passengers in the hope of finding a cure for an illness that Nevine is suffering from. Nevine is trying to whistle but is having trouble doing so, so Mills shows her his own technique.

Sometime into the mission, Mills is commandeering his ship when he comes across an asteroid belt. The ship is hit with chunks of smaller asteroids, causing severe damage to the ship and sending it hurtling toward Earth. Mills crashes in a swamp, with all of the other passengers getting killed after being thrown from the ship. Mills sends out a distress call and begins to survey the environment, discovering that the air is breathable. He then finds one survivor in cryostasis, a young girl (Ariana Greenblatt). As he carries her to safety, he spots a gigantic clawed footprint in the mud. More text appears saying that “65 million years ago, a mysterious visitor arrived on Earth.”

The next morning, Mills continues to check out the environment, when he is attacked by a raptor before he beats it to death. He sees the girl hiding and runs after her, convincing her to go back to the ship with him.

Mills brings the girl to the ship to tend to her wound, learning her name is Koa and that she does not speak English, save for a few words. Mills figures that the pods needed to get off the planet are stuck on a mountain, so he lies to Koa and tells her that they are going to find her family on the mountain. Before they venture off, Koa watches video logs that Mills received from Nevine during his voyage. They are initially light-hearted but she appeared to grow angry and distressed by her father’s absence before the last video Koa sees is Nevine saying that she is very tired. Mills turns the video off and they get moving.

On their trek to the mountain, Koa sees a small dinosaur stuck in mud. Mills reluctantly helps her pull the dino out, but moments later, a pack of predator dinos comes out and fatally maul the little dinosaur, causing Koa to cry. Mills looks up to the sky and sees what looks like a bright object heading toward the planet.

As they continue walking, Mills and Koa begin to slowly bond. He starts to loosen up and act playful with her, and he even carries her on his back as they walk further, and he shows her how to whistle like how he tried to teach Nevine. When it starts raining, they seek shelter in a cave. Mills sets up security monitors, one of which goes off as Koa is sleeping when a parasitic creature goes into her mouth. Mills manages to kill the parasite and save Koa. Soon after, a gigantic predator dinosaur appears and attempts to attack them. Mills shoots it in the face, but it attempts to enter the cave. Mills and Koa drop down a hole to get to safety.

In the hole, Mills tries to find a way out. Koa pulls out a video log from Nevine that she took, which Mills is upset for at first, but he then plays it, although he is too distraught to look at it. He then tries to dig out of the cave before using a small bomb to blow a hole through it. While crawling out of there, Mills and Koa are separated, and Mills finds himself trapped after a slight cave-in. Koa makes the whistling sound she learned to let Mills know she is fine, and she makes it out of the cave, narrowly avoiding pterodactyls and a raptor that she manages to blow up in a log.

After Mills gets out of the cave, he sees the bright object in the sky and uses his device to scan it. His computer tells him that it is an asteroid (THE asteroid) that is set to have a catastrophic impact on Earth in roughly 12 hours. Mills walks until he falls into some quicksand. He calls out for Koa, who manages to grab a long branch and pull him out before he sinks.

The two make it to the top of the mountain, but Koa becomes distraught when she finds the bodies of her parents dead in their cryopods. She gets angry with Mills for lying to her, but he calms her down after trying to explain that he went through the same thing since Nevine died months ago during the mission, and his last memory of her is her being angry with him for not being there for her. He apologizes to Koa and vows to get them out of there.

As they try to start their escape pod, the ship falls further down the mountain and gets disabled. Two T-Rexes approach them and begin to attack. Mills fights them off while Koa stays in the ship, waiting for it to go back online. Mills shoots them both dead, but the cave dinosaur from earlier returns to finish Mills off. He runs toward a geyser to try and get it killed, but Koa arrives to help by stabbing the beast in the eye. The geyser then erupts and melts the cave dino’s face off.

Mills and Koa make it back to the operational ship in time, mere moments before the asteroid makes its impact and decimates the dinos on Earth. The two exit Earth’s atmosphere and head toward an unknown destination.

The credits show Earth redeveloping over time until it reaches its modern civilization.

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Sometime before humans populated Earth, a pilot named Mills from another planet crash-lands on Earth 65 million years earlier into the age of dinosaurs. All of his passengers, save for a girl named Koa, are killed, so Mills and Koa must find an escape pod in the mountains. Mills lost his daughter Nevine while on his two-year mission, so he comes to treat Koa (who also lost her parents) like a surrogate daughter.

The pair must outrun predatory dinosaurs like raptors and T-Rexes while trying to survive. They make it to the ship and fight off the T-Rexes and another large predator just before the infamous asteroid shows up to wipe out the dinos. Mills and Koa escape just in time and fly off to an unknown destination.

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Review: 65 could have been a cheeky sci-fi dinosaur film, instead it's a meteoric flop

A potentially great popcorn flick ends up being an overproduced and derivative 90 minutes, with a cast too stellar for their own good.

Adam Driver and Ariana Greenblatt star in 65. All photos: Sony Pictures

Right from the outset, the premise to 65 seems so outrageous that it might actually be good. After all, who doesn’t want to watch Adam Driver dash across a prehistoric Earth blasting dinosaurs with a sonic rifle?

Unfortunately, the film quickly flatlines due to its grave tone, heavy-handed delivery of worn science-fiction tropes and inability to lean into its preposterous plot. What could have been a great popcorn flick ends up being an overproduced and derivative 90 minutes, with a cast too stellar for the film’s own good.

Warning: the rest of the article contains spoilers.

Released in UAE cinemas on Thursday, 65 tells the story of Mills (Driver), an astronaut from an advanced alien civilisation who crash lands on Earth about 65 million years ago, when dinosaurs ruled the planet.

Directors: Scott Beck, Bryan Woods

Stars: Adam Driver, Ariana Greenblatt, Chloe Coleman

Rating: 2/5

Don’t worry, this isn’t a Planet of the Apes- type twist and we haven’t given anything away. The film makes clear from the beginning that the strange and unchartered planet that Mills’s ship crashes to is Earth. While it’s probably a good thing that 65 didn’t keep its location a secret for long, the fact that it’s revealed in a text at the start of the film is a bit callow. But that’s fine. We’re not here for a masterclass in scriptwriting, right? Bring on Driver and the dinosaurs.

But first, we have to toil through 10 minutes of arduous exposition.

Mills is on a beach on his home planet with his wife, Alya (Nika King) and daughter Nevine (Chloe Coleman). We learn that the astronaut is taking up a two-year expeditionary mission with the aim of paying for a treatment that could save his daughter's life. Further details of her sickness aren't disclosed, but that doesn't take away from the plot.

The film feels as if the cameras began rolling while a first draft of the script had barely been completed. Photo: Sony Pictures

This fact could easily have been revealed later in the film, through one of many scenes where Mills is watching old messages from his family on mobile holographic technology. A more exciting beginning, and one that would have added a much-needed layer of mystery, would have been to simply start off where he wakes up as his ship is on the verge of being bombarded by a cluster of unmapped asteroids that send him off course and on to Earth.

The impact kills almost all the ship’s passengers, save for a young girl, Koa. Portrayed by Ariana Greenblatt, Koa is every bit the archetypal doe-eyed, silent companion with which sci-fi is replete. She speaks a language that Mills doesn’t understand and ends up only parroting a few words here and there. Really, she seems to exist only as a foil to Driver’s character, giving him a reason to find an escape shuttle that went astray as his ship plummeted towards Earth, and helping him come to terms with the loss of his daughter.

Koa, played by Ariana Greenblatt, is every bit the archetypal doe-eyed, silent companion commonly found in sci-fi. Photo: Sony Pictures

While you can’t really torch a sci-fi film with dinosaurs for lacking emotional and scriptwriting depth, it really does feel like the cameras began rolling while a first draft was barely penned. But who cares, as long as the dinosaurs and the action scenes are on point, right?

Ah, the dinosaurs. Well, this is no Jurassic Park. There is no Spielberg sense of awe or terror when we first come across the monumental creatures. The special effects are nothing to write home about either.

Some of the dinosaur encounters are fun, but every cliff-hanger ends up almost immediately being a stairstep. Again, another few drafts of the script would possibly have salvaged the film, along with a more imaginative ending, but by the time Mills and Koa manage to shuttle off the planet, minutes before the asteroid comes down to wipe out the dinosaurs with surprising, lacklustre glory, you may have long jetted out of the cinema yourself.

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65 Movie: Is It Really That Bad?

A lot of critics are saying that 65 is awful — but is it as bad as they say it is? Let’s talk Adam Driver’s new movie.

Adam Driver’s new movie 65 is out in theaters now and it is being pegged as pretty darn bad. But is it truly that awful? Sure, there is not a lot to love about it but for those who go in hoping to see Adam Driver fight dinosaurs? Well, that is exactly what they are going to get.

Let’s dive into the 65 movie and breakdown if it really is THAT bad. Fair warning, there are minor spoilers ahead.

Warning: Minor Spoilers for 65 Ahead

In this movie Mills, played by Adam Driver, is the pilot of a spaceship that is transporting a group of passengers that are in cryostasis when he unexpectedly is hit by a rogue asteroid and crashes to Earth. He has left his family for two years to take this job so that they could afford medicine and treatment for his sick daughter, played by Chloe Coleman.

At first he believes all the passengers to be deceased, however he eventually discovers a young girl named Koa (Ariana Greenblatt) that has lived. Of course, she is around his daughter’s age allowing the viewers, and Mills, to draw that parallel. The two have a hard time communicating because they speak different languages and the ship translator is broken, but conveniently enough she instantly picks up on the words move, family, and home.

The majority of the 90 minute movie follows them as they journey from point A to point B to hopefully find a working escape pod and leave Earth. Oh yeah, this is Earth 65 million years ago. Right around the time that a giant asteroid killed the dinosaurs. So the pair has to travel treacherous terrain, being careful so that they don’t get eaten by dinosaurs.

Because of the language barrier, there is not a whole lot of dialogue in the movie. Along the way there are some intense action sequences, and even some funny moments. Hologram messages that were sent to Mills of his daughter are played every so often to help tell that story, and her fate, as well as push the pacing along.

One of the biggest problems with the plot is that early on Mills is stabbed by debris. This occurs during the crash. Later on in the film he is experiencing pain and he looks at his cut which is very clearly infected.

This can’t be good, right? Surely he will ultimately meet his demise due to this. Since he knows he is not long for the world, maybe he will sacrifice himself so that Koa can escape and live? Nope. They never mention it again. Yeah, frustrating is an understatement. There was no need to show the infection if it was never going to go anywhere.

Another thing to note is that Mills and Koa are very clearly human. Or at least human-like. So is this the start of the human race? Is this how we came to be on Earth? Sure would make for a great twist or reveal towards the end, wouldn’t it? Well, don’t get your hopes up because the potential for a mind-blowing Science Fiction moment never occurs. The movie just sort of… ends.

Other qualms include some not to great effects and dinosaurs that look more fake than terrifying. It is nearly impossible to find yourself attached to the story involving Mills’ daughter because you rarely see them interact. As a parent, yes, it will tug on your heartstrings a little, but there should have been more to that story. It feels rushed and it doesn’t ever pay off. Especially since it seems like he has already replaced his daughter with Koa.

Where it falls flat is through no fault of the actors, as they all put their everything into this one. Adam Driver, Ariana Greenblatt, and Chloe Coleman act their hearts out and they are what makes this film as enjoyable as it is.

Still, 65 has its moments and is not all bad. In short, if you are looking for a movie that is more entertaining than not entertaining, with Adam Driver kicking some dinosaur butt, this one is for you. If you are hoping for more than that well, sorry, you are out of luck.

Rating: 2.5 out of 5

Next: collection of the best 65 movie quotes.

After a catastrophic crash on an unknown planet, pilot Mills (Adam Driver) quickly discovers he’s actually stranded on Earth…65 million years ago. Now, with only one chance at rescue, Mills and the only other survivor, Koa (Ariana Greenblatt), must make their way across an unknown terrain riddled with dangerous prehistoric creatures in an epic fight to survive.

From the writers of A Quiet Place and producer Sam Raimi comes 65, a sci-fi thriller starring Adam Driver, Ariana Greenblatt, and Chloe Coleman. Written and directed by Scott Beck & Bryan Woods and produced by Sam Raimi, Deborah Liebling and Zainab Azizi. Also produced by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods.

65 is in theaters now.

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65, movie (2023) - Film review by Kadmon

If you'd like to be surprised by the 65 film, I don't recommend you to watch the trailer beyond 0:52, because it gives away too much of the plot. It basically provides a summary of the first half of the film.

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Article updated: 2023.04.05

The 65 (2023) is a futuristic survival drama film. The movie was reviewed by Kadmon .

Product: 65, movie (2023)

Original title: 65

Setting: past fantasy Earth

Product type: Film, ca. 1,5 hours, Genre: futuristic survival drama, Features: action , fantasy , futuristic , drama , futuristic drama , survival drama , space travel , spaceship , creature - dinosaur , Plot: spaceship crash landing , Style: flashback

Release: 2023 .03.02

Reviewer: Kadmon , Type: Male, 40s, Preferences: Immersive, logical story, consistent setting, prefers surprises to spoilers, prefers establishing elements before referencing them

Watched: very recent (2023.03), first time

Rating: Average (2 out of 3 points) , Enjoyment: Weak (2- out of 3 points)

This is my review of 65, a futuristic survival drama movie from 2023. It's about the pilot of a crashed spaceship trying to survive on an alien planet. The 65 film is watchable, but I only recommend it to devoted fans of the genre.

65, movie (2023) - Film review by Kadmon

If you'd like to be surprised by the 65 movie, I don't recommend you to read the blurb, because it gives away too much of the plot.

" After a catastrophic crash on an unknown planet, pilot Mills (Adam Driver) quickly discovers he’s actually stranded on Earth… 65 million years ago. Now, with only one chance at rescue, Mills and the only other survivor, Koa (Ariana Greenblatt), must make their way across an unknown terrain riddled with dangerous prehistoric creatures in an epic fight to survive. "

Review (spoiler-free) - 65, movie (2023)

I knew that the 65 movie is coming, but all I knew about it that it will feature some futuristic dinosaur action. When it came out, I thought I'd give it a try. I've seen parts of the trailer, but I managed to avoid reviews.

The 65 movie is about the pilot of a crashed spaceship trying to survive on an alien planet.

The story (by Bryan Woods & Scott Beck) is not interesting, and slower than neccessary. As we know the creators wouldn't hurt the protagonists, there's a lack of tension at the action scenes. As most of the interaction between the characters is impied instead of being played out, there was a lack of engagement at the dramatic scenes. As the audience couldn't really connect to the setting or the characters, the whole movie was somewhat pointless. There were no character arcs, even though they could have easily inserted something. There were no major logical problems.

The cinematography is mostly okay. The locations and scenes are not visually interesting, and they are often dark. The special effects are acceptable.

We didn't really get to know the characters. Also, neither the characters, nor the actors were convincing.

The music (by Chris Bacon) is fine. When I was watching the movie, I didn't really notice the music, but after I've listened to the score in itself, I realised that it adds a good background music, that fits this movie in a non-intrusive way. Some action scene scores are slightly reminiscent of the Tenet soundtrack, but that's not a detriment. If you are interested, you can listen to the 65 official soundtrack here .

65 is a watchable, but slow futuristic drama, that I think only devoted fans of the genre could enjoy.

My experience

I was not satisfied with 65 (2023). I prefer stories with engaging stories, or interesting plots, and 65 couldn't deliver that.

Rating: Average (2 out of 3 points) . 65 is a watchable film.

Enjoyment: Weak (2- out of 3 points). 65 could't raise my interest, I expected more from this movie.

Rewatchability: Average. Although I think it's mostly the surprise of the story that makes you feel interested, if you liked this for the first time, there must be something in the actors or the music or the sets that connected with you.

Chance of watching it again: Nope.

Chance of watching a sequel: Even though I'd like to say no, I know that I'll probably watch it, because I don't learn from my mistakes.

Will you enjoy this?

If you like movies about creatures, you might like 65.

If you like survival drama movies, you might like 65.

If you like dinosaur action movies (Jurassic Park), you might like the film, although there are not many dinosaur action scenes in the 65 movie.

If you'd like to get comedic moments in your movies, 65 will disappoint you, as it's mostly serious, and the comedic parts don't really fit into the rest of the movie.

If you can get through the first half hour of the movie still interested, the rest will be something similar, although probably less interesting.

If you enjoyed the After Earth (2013), you might be interested in rewatching the story with different characters.

If you hate subtitles, you are partially lucky, because there are no subtitles, however, the alien language is not translated.

If you prefer visuals over story, there are some nice scenes in the movie, but you have to sit through long and boring scenes to get those.

If you hate comedy, I think the 65 movie is safe to watch, although the small amount of humour in the story is cringeworthy.

If you hate depiction of violence, this movie is probably not for you, although the violence is against creatures, if that's more acceptable for you.

Things you are required to know to enjoy this

There were dinosaurs living on Earth, before they've gone extinct.

Watching for plot points

If you are interested in futuristic survival drama stories, Iit might worth watching the 65 movie for the plot points, if only to avoid the mistakes of the 65 (2023) film.

Should you watch this on your own screen at home, or is it worth going to the cinema?

The visuals probably look better if you watch it in cinema, but I'm not sure it's worth your time and money to watch it there.

Review with spoilers - 65, movie (2023)

I'm disappointed by the 65 movie, although it's also due to my false expectations. I wanted to watch some dinosaur action instead of a unengaging survival drama.

The cover of the movie is acceptable. It doesn't say much, and it doesn't spoil the movie, although it doesn't give you any idea about the story.

The trailer

The trailer is basically a substitute for watching the first half of the movie. It also contains spoilers for some scenes that otherwise could have been interesting.

If you prefer spoilers, it's a great trailer for the 65 film. If you prefer to avoid spoilers, it will make the movie less fun for you.

Promise of the first scene

Based on the premise, I thought that the man will get into some time vortex that sends him back to the past. I was wondering how will they handle the time paradoxes this creates.

However, in the prologue, we get to know that before the age of humans, there were extra-terrestrial civilisations who explored space. So this changed my mind, and I have no clue what will they make out of this story. There's no real promise here, just that there's a father who has to do some extra job to save his daughter.

After we are told that it's 65 million years ago on Earth, I expect the protagonist to cause the extinction of the dinosaurs, probably by killing all of them with his blaster rifle.

Execution: It's hard to tell how satisfied I am with the promise, as there was no proper promise. If we take the "make a trip to save the daughter" promise, this didn't happen, as the girl died, and also, it was not the focus of the story. As overall, I was not satisfied with the story at all, I could say that I'm not satisfied with the promise.

Plot summary / Synopsis

On the Planet Somaris, there's a family - a man (Adam Driver as Mills) and a woman (Nika King as Alya) with a daughter (Chloe Coleman as Nevine) that has some illness. The man has to go on a two-year mission, so they'll be able to afford a cure for the daughter.

The man is a pilot for an interstellar starship. When the starship runs into a dense asteroid field, the man tries to navigate the ship into safety, but he is unsuccesful, and the wreck of the ship crashes into an unknown planet. All other passengers seem to be dead. The damage to the spaceship is irrepairable, but luckily, the air of the planet is breathable.

The man tries to commit suicide, but he is unable to do it. He finds it out, that another passenger is still alive, so he saves her (Ariana Greenblatt as Koa). He tries to hide from her that her parents are dead. He also finds it out that there are giant animals (dinosaur-like beings) living on this planet.

We are told that 65 million years ago a visitor crash landed on Earth. The text probably refers to the pilot of the ship.

They had an escape vessel on the starship, that fell on top of a mountain. They'll have to get there to get away from the planet.

His scanner registers an asteroid that will collide with the planet the next day, so they'll have to hurry.

We learn that the daughter of the man died while he was on the trip with the spaceship.

During their trip, they run into dangers. Sometimes the man saves the girl, sometimes the other way around.

They reach the escape vessel, but they spend so much time talking, that it gets hit by a meteorite, then they get attacked by a T-Rex, then by some monster, but they defeat them.

They leave the planet just in time before the collision. Their distress signal was intercepted, so there's help coming to save them.

The setting

The story is set in the past of our Galaxy.

There are extra-terrestrial, spacefaring civilisations who look like humans. The protagonist, Mills, comes from a planet called Somaris.

The strange dinosaurs

On Earth, more then 66 million years ago, there was the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, that caused a significant part of flora and fauna of Earth to go extinct, or slowly die out - including the non-avian dinosaurs. That extinction might have been also caused by an asteroid impact (the Chicxulub impactor), mirroring the event we see at the end of the movie.

The story is set on Earth, 65 million year ago, more than a million year after this extinction event. The story takes place on a relatively small location, and shows us unidentified dinosaur-like creatures. They might have been evolved from the surviving dinosaurs, but they went extinct without a trace, probably because they only lived in this area, that was destroyed by the meteorite that falls on them on the end.

The aggressiveness of the creatures might be also caused by the lack of resources after the extinction event - probably only those carnivores survived, that attacked their prey whenever they could. And in the movie, we see plenty of carnivores, but a surprising lack of herbivores, even though there seems to be a wide variety of plant life. This probably means that the area we see in the movie is enclosed, not letting outsiders to wander in, and the carnivores ate the herbivores, so they would go extinct soon even without the asteroid impact. The creatures were most likely inbred, malnourished, and probably had developmental disorders due to these.

So, in the movie, we get a small glimpse into a "what if" scenario, about the final fate of some the species that survived the extinction.

Analysis of the story - 65, movie (2023)

I didn't like the story, and the problems of the plot prevented me from enjoying 65.

The message of the story

I'm not sure there's one.

The structure of the story

The scenes of the 65 film are mostly played in sequence, following the same storyline. There are some flashback scenes.

There's no single viewpoint character.

It has the usual arc of the dramatic structure - a short introduction, action, short resolution.

Parallels with other stories

I'm not sure whether they are parallels, homages or coincidences, but there are several similarities with earlier movies.

Scenes and elements from previous works:

Planet of Dinosaurs (1977)

A starship has a malfunction, causing it to crash land on a planet.
The planet looks like Earth in the past.
The planet is inhabited by dangerous creatures (dinosaurs).
They find berries that are poisonous. They use the poisonous berries on a wooden stake to defeat the Tyrannosaur.

Pitch Black (2000)

A starship is hit by an asteroid, causing it to crash land on a planet.
Most of the passengers die during the crash landing.
The planet is inhabited by dangerous creatures (alien carnivores).
The main characters are an adult (a man) and a kid (a girl).
During the events, the protagonist (a man) bonds with a kid (a girl).

After Earth (2013)

The planet happens to be Earth (in the future).
The planet is inhabited by dangerous creatures (evolved predators).
The protagonist is an adult, who lost his daughter.
The main characters are an adult (a man) and a kid (a boy).
The protagonists have to survive the trip to climb a mountain to get rescued.
They are attacked by the dangerous creatures during their trip.

Jurassic Galaxy (2018)

A starship crash lands on a planet.
They have to reach the escape vessel to leave the planet.

Things I liked

I liked the look of the technology they've used.
The music was fine.

Problematic elements

The title: The name "65" doesn't mean anything to the characters, and it's not very descriptive of the story. There's nothing to indicate that there was something relevant for the events to happen 65 million years ago. I get it that it happened 65 million years ago, but it could have happened any other time. For example, 90 million years ago, when Carnosaurian Theropod that are featured in the movie were still alive.

For example, if the spaceship would have caused the extinction level event that wiped out the dinosaurs, the "65" could be relevant. Even though, technically, it should be then "66".

Meteors and asteroids: At the beginning of the movie, the computer calls asteroids meteors for some reason, even though they are not the same. A meteor is an asteroid, that collides with the atmosphere of a planet, and the asteroid the computer refers to only collided with the spaceship. For the rest of the movie, though, they refer to them as asteroids.

Lack of background: We don't get to know practically anything about the setting. We know that the protagonists are aliens, but we don't get to learn anything about their biology, psychology, culture. It's very hard to feel connected to these aliens without any idea about them.

Dinosaurs: There were probably some dinosaurs still living on Earth 65 million years ago, although most of them went extinct due to an asteroid collision 66 million years ago.

Lack of realism: It is told that the story happens on Earth. However, I have no clue what kind of creatures were featured in the movie. One of them looks like some Carnosaurian Theropod, but those were already extinct when the asteroid hit the Earth. I admit that there are large holes in our paleonthological knowledge, but they could have easily featured at least some of the known animals of that era.

Slow scenes: Some scenes seem to be unnecessary. Others are unnecessarily long.

Lack of protective suit: The man goes on the journey without his protective suit that helped him before.

Lack of technology: There's a surprising lack of advanced technology. Even today, we have many better tools than the ones they use in the movie. Sure, the guy has an energy rifle, and a flask that indicates whether or not something is poisonous, but that's about it. No flying drones, no telecommunication devices, not even some personal vehicle that could get them over the top of the mountain. They have to rely on walking, climbing, and shouting.

Dumb girl: The girl doesn't seem to grasp the graveness of their situation. She doesn't seem to be shocked, she is not afraid, and doesn't seem to be distressed by the events at all.

Ferocious animals: The protagonist gets attacked by the local fauna at every opportunity, even though he is alien to this environment. The animals would probably try to stay away from him, or try to scare him away.

Light and darkness: It seem random when it's daytime, or the darkness of the night. One morning we get to know they only have 12 hours before collision, but then we see some night time, then daytime, before they finally leave, and the collision happens. That's more than 12 hours by my count. Also, sometimes a scene starts in the dark, and ends in the daytime, without any indication that things happened between those shots.

The geyser: I'm pretty sure that the local creatures are well aware of the dangers posed by the geysers, so they would make sure to avoid them.

The asteroid collision: I have a feeling that the creators intended to show the Chicxulub impactor, that probably caused Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, but that happened more than 66 million years ago. There's a chance that some of the dinosaurs survived for a while before going extinct, so we might see dinos even 65 million years ago, so the creators might wanted to show us how the survivors of the great extinction got wiped out by another asteroid - because the epilogue seems to imply that this meteorite impact was the final straw for the dinosaurs. And maybe that's why they show us dinosaurs unknown to science, because they were inbred, dying mutants, that lived in that local area, and their existence is wiped out by this second meteorite.

Pointless story: We see some unknown aliens crash land of Earth, then take off. Why should we care? Why does it happen to these aliens? Why does it happen on Earth? The whole thing feels random.

Unanswered questions

What will happen to them after they get off the planet? Will they get picked up by a rescue team?

Possibilities of improvement

Start with the collision in space: The prologue scene doesn't add much to the story, it just slows the movie down. If you really want to go with the "aliens visit Earth 65 million years ago" angle, then add some text about that, and cut to the asteroid approaching the hull. We get some flashbacks later about the prologue anyway.

Cut it shorter: Several scenes are just too long, stretching the movie. A shorter story could be more tense, thus probably more interesting.

The title "65": If you really want to go with the "65" in the title, add dialogue indicating that it was the collision with the spaceship that made the asteroid collide with the Earth. Then add some stock footage about the event, how it wipes out life on Earth. That way it could be a "how it happened" story about the asteroid.

Lack of technology: Add dialogue telling us that all of the advanced tech they could use have been damaged or lost, that's why they have to stick to what is still available.

How it could have been better?

Add character growth: Both of the characters feel like they lack emotions, and they don't change throughout the story.

The man should start burnt-out, as he already lost his daughter. He doesn't want to get attached to the girl, so he tries to distance himself, but during their trip, his past as a father comes out of him, and by the end, he not only cares about the girl, but he shows emotions toward her.

The girl should start scared and distressed. She knows she's on an alien planet, surrounded by deadly creatures, and she has to rely on an unknown, grumpy man, who tries to be rude to her. She doesn't want to go anywhere, and doesn't trust the man. Yet, they have to go to find the shuttle to leave the planet, so she agrees to go with the man. During their trip, she learns to become brave, and to trust the man, who happens to be always right, even if it's against the wishes of the girl. By the end, she becomes attached to him.

Add more cast members: If there were a few more people around, there could have been a feeling of tension of who gets to die? As there was only the pilot and the girl, we knew that both of them will come through the journey unharmed.

Make it happen in the future: Making the protagonists aliens not only doesn't make much sense, it takes away from the story. If they were future humans, the same story could happen on an alien planet. Humans could have terraformed alien planets, and some animals might have evolved to look like dinosaurs. They don't look like real dinosaurs either way. If the planet is terraformed, it makes more sense that the characters are able to breathe the air, drink the liquids of the planet, and digest the materials found there.

Make it relevant: If you want to stick with the aliens in the past plot, than make the story relevant to us. Make it about what was life on Earth 65 million years ago, and make the story about how aliens accidentally wiped the dinosaurs out. But then, make it sure to emphasise that it was their fault, not just some coincidence with an asteroid.

Make it about loss: If we stay with the "Earth 65 million years ago" plot, we could see some extra features, showing what we have lost due to the asteroid crash. For example, there could have been a dinosaur civilisation - those fantasy dinos the protagonists are fighting, could be slightly more advanced. Yet, due to the cataclism, they go extinct, with every sign of their existence. Even if this might look unscientific, at least it would make the story more interesting.

Make it about how the cataclism allowed mammals to advance: Show us some early ratlike mammals, as they are being hunted and eaten by the dinosaurs. Show us these mammals burrow into the ground, hide under rocks, allowing them to be protected. Show us how the dinosaurs don't use these tactics, denying them this kind of protection, and show us the results as they are being roasted at the end of the movie. And after the impact, show us a rat or two getting out under a rock, beside the dead body of a dinosaur, before starting the epilogue.

Make the crash connected to the protagonists: It doesn't make much sense that the spaceship runs into an asteroid field, and even if it happens to run into it, why does it happen? If it were the fault of the protagonist, it could be a lot more interesting in several ways. First, the whole crash landing would be his fault, and he also needs to deal with the fact that the deads of the parents of the girl are also his fault. During their trip, the girl could look into the ships logs to entertain herself, and she could find out about this, making their connection a lot more sour. This could happen in the middle, instead of the scene when the girl just refuses to continue their trip without any explanation.

Make the fall of the asteroid connected to the protagonists: It doesn't make much sense why does the asteroid fall right after the characters crash land on this planet. Make the two things connected. Instead of an asteroid, it could be the engine section of the spaceship that got separated by the hit in the beginning. If it's big enough (I'm thinking big like the Nostromo from Alien), it could have the same impact. Or, if it has to be an asteroid, it could have been diverted to fall into the planet by the collision with the spaceship. It could have just flown by, if it weren't for that ship to drive right into it.

Make the planet their original destination: The passengers could have been settlers, who wanted to make a new life on the terraformed planet. The terraforming could have been automated, and now they arrive to start a new frontier town. This could be a new Eden they've been waiting for. Earth could have been used up, slowly dying due to the pollution and lack of resources. Yet, due to the collision, the whole planet is going to be uninhabitable for a very long time.

Make the ending ambigious: Instead of a rescue vessel coming for them, let them just float away over the destroyed planet. This would make a potential for a sequel, where they'll need to go back to build some shelter to survive, until the next settler ship would arrive a few years later.

If the girl is still angry because the pilot caused the death of her parents, the sequel could be similar to Enemy Mine (1985).

How does it compare to the other works of the creators?

I haven't seen any other works of the writers / directors (Bryan Woods & Scott Beck). After this movie, I hope they'll get better in the future.

Behind the scenes

Thoughts about the reviews of others.

Uses for the film - 65, movie (2023)

Set in a futuristic fantasy setting.
The planet looks like Earth in the past (because it's Earth in the past).
They find berries that are poisonous. They use the poisonous berries on a wooden stake to defeat a large dangerous creature (that looks like a Tyrannosaur).
They have to survive a trip to climb a mountain to get a chance to escape.
They are able to escape the planet.
When the starship gets hit by asteroids, then crash lands, it can be used to depict such a catastrophe.
When Mills finds it out that there's another survivor, or when he finds it out that there's an escape vessel, it could be used to start a role-playing game or board game, based on the situation.

Scenario ideas - Role-playing game scenario ideas

Scenario ideas - wargame scenario ideas.

Meteorite shower: At the beginning of every turn, roll a d6. On a 1, select a random part of the playing area. At the end of the turn, the meteorite hits every model in the area (roll for toughness, regardless of armour), destroying buildings or vegetation. Magic or force fields might save the users.

Meteorite storm (harder for the players): On a 1, roll another d6. As long as it comes as a 1, another meteorite will arrive for that turn.

Escort (solo game): The player has a team of soldiers who have to escort some civilians through a dangerous, unknown territory. After setting up the playing area, deploy the models on one edge, and they have to reach the other edge to be victorious. The soldiers can act on their own. There has to be a soldier within 5 cms of a civilian, so they would follow the orders of the soldier, otherwise it will start to act randomly.

Civilian actions: If a civilian starts a turn more than 5 cms away from a soldier, roll a d6: 1-3: stay at place, 4-5: makes a full move towards the starting edge, 6: makes a half move

Entering a new area: Roll a d6: 1-3: nothing, 4-5: dangerous ground: Mark the area with a "dangerous ground" counter. If any model moves through, it has to make a d6 roll. The dangerous ground can be quicksand, a tar pit, a hidden crack in the ground, a geyser. On a 1, they get out of the game. 6: creature attack: deploy a creature in the middle of the area. It attacks the closest model. If all of the models are at an equal distance, choose randomly. The creature is also affected by the dangerous ground, if it happens to go into the area.

Tunnel fight: The playing area consists of corridors (caves, tunnels, maintenance shafts). The weaker force has some units that fit though even the tighter corridors, while none of the units of the stronger force can crawl though those. This gives the opportunity for one of the weaker force to outmaneuver the stronger one.

Bulky armour (easier for the weaker force): The units of the stronger force are stronger due to their bulky armour and large weapons. The player of the stronger force can decide that some units take these off, so they could also crawl through the tight corridors, but this makes these units weaker than the units of the weak force.

Miniatures - 1/50-1/60 (28-32mm scale)

Civilians: Human-sized (S3) modern ( advanced ) human female / male civilian .

Dinosaurs: Use any kind of carnivore-loking dinosaur.

Movies like 65

After Earth (2013): In a futuristic setting, a starship is hit by an asteroid, causing the ship to crash land on a planet (Earth), infested by creatures (evolved predators). An adult, who lost her daughter, and a kid has to survive the trip to climb a mountain to get rescued. They are attacked by the creatures during their trip. During the events, the man bonds with the kid (a boy).

Jurassic Galaxy (2018): In a futuristic setting, a starship crash lands on a planet (that's Earth-like), infested by creatures (dinosaurs). They have to reach the escape vessel to leave the planet.

Pitch Black (2000): In a futuristic setting, a starship crash lands on a planet, infested by creatures (alien carnivores). During the events, a man bonds with a kid (a girl).

Planet of Dinosaurs (1977): In a futuristic setting, a starship crash lands on a planet (that's Earth-like), infested by creatures (dinosaurs). They find berries that are poisonous, and use it to defeat a Tyrannosaur. They decide to climb a mountain to reach safety.

TV series & episodes like 65

Computer games like 65, frequently asked questions - 65, movie (2023), will the 65 movie be available with english audio dub.

Most of the speech in 65 is in English, except for the alien talk. I don't even think they'll release a subtitled version, so they probably won't do an audio dub of the alien talk.

Is the 65 film based on a book or comics?

No, as far as I know, 65 is not based on either books or comics.

Is the 65 film a remake or reboot?

No, as far as I know, the 65 film is neither a remake nor a reboot.

Is there a post credit scene in 65? Does 65 have end credit scenes? Does 65 have a post credit scene?

Yes, there's some shots of how Earth recovered from the asteroid impact during the credits of 65. Although it's not really relevant to the story.

Where can I see 65? What is 65 playing on? What streaming service is 65 on? Where can I watch 65 online? Is 65 available on Netflix? Is 65 on Amazon?

As of 2023.03.06, 65 is not available for streaming yet. Later, it will be probably available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play, HBO Max, Microsoft Movies, Netflix, YouTube.

Resources - 65, movie (2023)

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Kaiju No. 8 Episode 4 Review: All Hell Breaks Loose as the Prey Becomes the Predator

Serious action and gloomy backstories fuel the fight between Kaiju and humanity in this episode, giving audiences truly swashbuckling storytelling.

The following contains spoilers for Kaiju No. 8 Episode 4, titled "Fortitude 9.8"

In Kaiju No. 8 , not everyone can dream of getting a good score in the Defense Force entrance exam. Nor can anyone expect a candidate to unleash the full power of their combat suits during the aptitude test. But, against all odds, 32-year-old Kafka Hibino breaks all expectations when he gets one of the lowest scores in the program's history. Worse, he fails to unleash any combat power out of his suit, getting an astonishing and unprecedented 0%. Now, as he writhes in pain on the mock battlefield while suffering multiple fractures, Kafka stands at a crossroads. He has to decide whether he wants to make the most of his last chance to reconnect with his childhood friend, or reveal his kaiju self to the world.

Kaiju No. 8 Episode 4, "Fortitude 9.8," takes the adage 'When it rains, it pours" dead;y seriously. What was supposed to be a simple test designed to evaluate the candidates on their monster hunting skills suddenly turns into a nightmare. So far, Kafka is the only one who seems to be lagging behind, with his luck running out at a crucial stage in the test. But his mental fortitude fuels the episode forward and shows the true strength of his alter-ego. A tense yet exciting affair, Kaiju No. 8 Episode 4 reveals a lot about the other characters, especially newcomer Kikoru Shinomiya, making her the target of a brutal ambush

Kaiju No. 8 Episode 4 Finds Emotion Amid the Chaos

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Kaiju No. 8 Episode 4 picks up after the previous episode's cliffhanger, which put a big question mark on Kafka's optimistic start to what would be his last chance at joining the Defense Force. Funnily enough, all that suspense was a farce as Kafka bounces back to action in no time, albeit with some broken bones and a bruised ego. At this point, the anime is content with showing the contrasting narratives of the overconfident Kikoru and the double act of Kafka and his junior colleague Leno Ichikawa. The episode places all its bets on Kikoru to take the reins, as much of the story's progress depends on her going gung-ho on the monstrous enemies. Even before the audience knows it, the test is over. The hope of seeing the down-on-his-luck protagonist spread his wings came to naught. And this is where the story subverts all expectations, for what comes next is both shocking and intriguing.

There are three distinct acts in the episode which differ in tone , given that the stakes change with the story's progress. The opening sequence introduces the lead characters and keeps a tab on them before taking a sudden turn for mayhem as a mysterious kaiju and its frightening ability leave Kikoru mortally wounded. This is where the second act begins, with an emotional narrative that alternates between the past and the present. With Kikoru's past flashing before the screen, the prospect of an untimely death adds to the palpable tension. This is when the climax reaches its peak, as a familiar face drops in to save the day. Much of the episode was fixated on showing how incompetent Kafka is. When he finally invokes his powers, it becomes the mic drop moment that avid manga readers have been waiting for. Specifically, finally seeing their favorite kaiju-shaped hero take centerstage.

The final act deals with the aftermath of Kaiju No. 8's fight with the kaiju . It opens the door to an array of questions and unsolved mysteries, which gives the rest of the season solid foundation to build up from. Kaiju No. 8 Episode 4 has everything, from exposition to suspense that makes its plot well-rounded. However, in all this chaos, the episode has not once neglected worldbuilding. New kaiju join the roster as new technical terms get thrown around that supposedly show the preparedness of the Defense Force for any coming danger. If anything, the violent developments help lead the story to new beginnings.

Kaiju No. 8 Episode 4 Finally Gives Attention to Someone Else

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Being the protagonist does not give Kafka the privilege of hogging up the limelight, as Kaiju No. 8 Episode 4 makes it clear that it wants to offer other characters a chance at a blood-soaked welcome. Kikoru seems arrogant from the get-go , with an aura of self-proclaimed superiority about her. It does not help her case when she nonchalantly takes down every kaiju in the test single-handedly. However, her back and forth with Kafka brings out a playfulness in her, showing the audience that even with all her obnoxious stunts, she is still a child at heart. But as Sir Isaac Newton once infamously stated, "What goes up must come down." Kikoru has to pay the price for her impulsiveness as she soon finds herself in a pool of her own blood. Here, the story reveals the reason for her behavior, which is surprisingly more melancholic than expected.

As Kikoru's life flashes before her eyes, her memories are not as warm and fuzzy as some hoped for. Rather, they are filled with regret. From the flashback alone, it is clear that Kikoru grew up in the shadows of a father who indoctrinated an illusive concept of perfection that corrupted her into thinking through a myopic vision. The first chink in her armor appears when she correlates perfection on the battlefield with taking down the most kaiju, as she soon finds herself in the line of fire of a humanoid kaiju who is much more powerful than her. Yet, Kafka, who has been making a fool of himself in front of Kikoru all day, saves her in her time of need. Overall, this is a humbling experience for the young girl on her journey to become the perfect soldier. Kikoru's arc not only gives the episode its rebellious flavor, but also transforms her from an intolerable character to a compelling one.

While Kikoru has to accept there are better fighters out there than her, Kafka makes up for all his fumblings with the one moment that counts the most. However, even Kafka wasn't sure about himself, and the episode dedicated some time to dissecting his intentions. Was he intentionally trying to one-up Kikoru throughout the test because he knew he had his inner kaiju to back him up, or did he really save her out of the kindness of his heart? Whatever his reasons may be, Kafka sticks to his values and did what he does best: providing selfless support, which is the polar opposite of Kikoru's self-serving worldview and actions . Kafka may be a numskull, but when push comes to shove, there is no one better to have on one's side than him.

Production I.G. Brings Kaiju No. 8’s Sci-Fi World to Impressive Life

The episode is the sum total of different well-made animation assets, kaiju no. 8's third division, explained.

Good animation is never about big spectacles; it's always about the small details and crumbs of realism that coalesce and give life to the artwork in the frames. In this regard, Production I.G was the lifeblood of Kaiju No. 8's animation, from channeling the little whirs and power-ups of the suits and weapons to bringing down a rain of blood when needed. The Kaiju are numerous in this episode, with most getting swatted by Kikoru's marksmanship like flies. The animation helps reverberate that impact to the viewers. But the episode's best moment remains the exchange of blows between Kafka in his kaiju form against a humongous, mutated honju. This tussle will make any kaiju fan happy and ecstatic. At worst, monsters rampaging through a decimated cityscape look a bit drab due to the anime's muted tones. Luckily, there are enough colorful energy blasts to offset this. A companion piece to the animation is Yuta Bando's soundtrack. The reason this episode feels both so action-packed and emotional comes down to the tunes that sway with the sentiments of the characters. From sad thumping music to an uplifting chorus, the music lends an exciting feeling to the scenes on screen.

Kafka and Kikoru may have started off on the wrong foot, but their recent brush with danger opens up the opportunity for a relationship based on trust. The high-octane action in the episode is simply a distraction, as the real focus is on Kikoru's change of heart . Whether she takes the experience as a learning experience or not is up to her. Meanwhile, Kafka inches closer to his goal of catching up with his once-childhood-friend-turned-officer, Captain Mina Ashiro. Yet, some feelings remain too early to confess even when he gets close to her. Kaiju No. 8 Episode 4 ends with another look into the diabolically intelligent kaiju who wreaked much havoc in the exam, and it seems Kafka will get to come face-to-face with Kaiju No. 8 sooner than later.

Kaiju No. 8 is now streaming on Crunchyroll, Netflix and Prime Video.

Kaiju No. 8 Episode 4

Kafka Hibino merges with a kaiju and gains powers, leading him to attempt his childhood dream in Kaiju No. 8.

Action bookends the episode with some serious special effects.
Kikoru's past tugs at the heart strings of the audience.
Sudden twist in the story can lead to exciting developments.
Kafka goes from giving support to becoming the supporting cast.

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