65

Could you imagine what the Earth was like 65 million years ago? Let’s ask Adam Driver how he survived after crashing and landing on the plant.

65 is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, who have worked together on other films such as “A Quiet Place” in 2018 and “Haunt” in 2019, with both films receiving positive reviews overall.

After a catastrophic crash on an unknown planet, pilot Mills played by Adam Driver quickly discovers he’s stranded on Earth — 65 million years ago. Now, with only one chance at a rescue, Mills and the only other survivor, Koa, must make their way across an unknown terrain riddled with dangerous prehistoric creatures.

Once I saw the trailer for 65 it was without question a movie that had to be seen at any cost – it indicated plenty of action, against prehistoric creatures that to this day fascinate us with their versatile builds, size, etc.

However, 65 fails short to live up to the hype it promises in the trailer, on the contrary, it’s a simple movie about a pilot of a ship and a girl, who from point A are trying to get to point B just like “The Last of Us”.

So the idea of having two characters relying on one another to survive the hostile unknown environment can be done and has been done with phenomenal results but 65 kind of forgot to add the emotional aspect to such a premise, leaving you with no connection to the protagonist of the film, or the young girl he’s trying to protect.

There is no background to Koa played by Ariana Greenblatt whatsoever. Her character feels so unnecessary and irrelevant, it’s like you are forced to feel for her simply due to her being a child.

Not to mention, even though they’re both from space with advanced technology and civilization, there is also a language barrier between the two, which ends up with Adam Driver sounding repetitive throughout the entire movie.

It’s not all bad though, 65 deserves credit when it comes to its stunning CGI visual effects in particular with the dinosaurs that are seen in the movie as few as they are, they look so terrifyingly monstrous with great detail once again reaffirming that humanity could not have survived living alongside these creatures.

The performances from both Adam Driver and Ariana Greenblatt are great, whether it’s when they’re in a sticky situation or fighting against a specific shorthanded dinosaur, their execution during those events was great to watch as rare as it was.

It leaves you wishing that there was more to it, more to see, more action involved, more dinosaurs, just more of everything but sadly, that’s all in the trailer.

In conclusion, 65 is the perfect metaphor for the quote “Don’t judge a book by its cover”, it’s neither compelling to watch nor boring enough to put you to sleep.

To be more precise, the movie feels like you’re taking a long walk in the middle of nowhere in the twilight of the night with the hopes that you don’t run into anything.

65 was released on the 10th of March 2023 by distributor Sony Pictures Releasing and can be streamed to watch on streaming platforms and more.

I give 65 a 2.5 out of 5 rating.

Seen any other Dino movies you’d recommend? Let me know in the comments section below.

Thank you for reading another review from, LSR.

Until next time, stay blessed.