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Encounter (2021)
Misleading.....
Regardless of the performances, drama, etc, this film made me mad because I don't like feeling deceived.
Note: this is not a scifi movie, and it's sold as one. If you want to do a nice drama about PTSD, war veterans, broken families and the like, then cool. If you want to add a plot twist then it's all good, but keep it on the down low and let it unfold. If this movie was billed as a drama initially without the science fiction "baity" title then it wouldn't be so bad. Personally, I would still think it was badly written and boring but I wouldn't be annoyed.
To sum up: watching "Encounter" is like watching Aliens only to find out they didn't actually exist and Riply was just suffering psychosis from stasis sleep. But that's all okay because the writer did some nice things with the relationship between Ripley and Newt.