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  Review by Tim H. ★★ 4

  Producer: so there's this movie...

  Netflix: SOLD

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  Review by Ben Hibburd ★★★½ 13

  "Extinction" is an interesting, sometimes thought provoking Science Fiction film. This is more than your typical bog standard alien invasion flick. "Extinction" carries some really interesting themes as the film aims to rise above being just another typical action film. I noticed a lot of elements taken from Philip K. Dick's literature peppered throughout the script, most notably having the main character Peter (Michael Pena) experience paranoid dreams/visions of an impending invasion, which may or may not be occurring solely in his head.

  In terms of Netflix Sci-Fi films this is by far the best one that they have developed so far. The film tries to ask the usual questions found in the Sci-Fi genre. What does it mean to…

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  Review by rachel ★★ 1

  well i’m glad there was an explanation for giving michael peña’s character white kids bceause the whole way through i was like wtf

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  Review by BeHaind ★½ 4

  Quizfrage: für wie lange läuft ein Film in den Kinos, für den die Verantwortlichen ein paar der schlimmsten Kinderdarsteller herangekarrt haben, die man für Geld und ein paar Kekse kriegen kann? Und ein paar Drehbuchautoren obendrauf, die es gerade so bis zur Ausgangsidee geschafft haben und seither nicht mehr aus der Mittagspause wiederkommen sind. Ebenso wie das CGI-Department, dessen Aufmerksamkeitsspanne leider nicht mehr fürs Ende gereicht hat. Und dann gibt’s da noch den Twist, dessen Umstände hinten und vorne keinen Sinn ergeben und am Ende in hanebüchenem Kitsch münden. Mit viel Gekreische, viel BlaBla und keiner einzigen frischen Idee.

  
  Die Lösung:
  Gar nicht. Stattdessen bemerkt Lizenzhalter Universal trotz geplantem Kinostart im letzten Moment, was sie da für eine Scheiße gefördert haben und veräußern den Humbug lieber an die digitale Mülldeponie Netflix. Da fällt „Extinction“ zwischen all dem anderen Schwachsinn vielleicht ja Niemandem auf...

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  Review by Tanner Springer ★

  I'm not even sure all of the scenes were in the right order.

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  Review by Adrian ★

  Extinction

  or

  How to Completely Mess Up an Interesting Concept: Volume 23

  - A Netflix Original Movie

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  Review by Christian Ryan ★★½ 3

  You know how your toast pops up and you pull out the butter container from the fridge and find out there’s hardly any left and you try to spread it across the bread but the knife just sorta scrapes off a bunch of crumbs and then you try to eat the toast and it’s really dry and you consider throwing it out but you’ve already wasted all that time so you just force yourself to choke it down anyway?

  Yeah. That’s Extinction.

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  Review by shookone ★½ 2

  Netflix mimicry part 3778. creating big sci-fi off the cuff. including CGI and all the shenanigans you need for it. for example Michael Peña as lead actor. wait, Peña? isn't he the token latino sidekick in bigger movies usually? start wondering, what this is right? well... NetflixNetflix mimicrymimicry part 3778.

  (spoiler alert: nearly switched off when the Aliens turned out to be... humans. first rule in the book of sci-fi horror: do not give the audience no real aliens. what a bummer.)

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  Review by Dawson Joyce ★★

  The second Universal picture dumped to Netflix following Spectral, Extinction offers some relatively impressive production values and engaging performances from the always reliable Michael Pena and Lizzy Caplan, but they're let down by an all-too-familiar script, lackluster direction, and bland characters.

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  Review by Mikael Stånggren ★★ 9

  History class in the distant future

  Teacher: Can anyone tell me what this is? *shows some holographic screenshots from Extinction to the class*

  Student #1: Hmm, it looks like it has been shot through a full diaper…and judging from the banal nature of the dialogue excerpts you gave us…a Netflix Original?

  Teacher: Correct. The pictures in front of you represent the inevitable downfall of the two dominating forms of film consumption in the first half of the 21st century; an era we commonly refer to as The Repetitionssance.

  Student #2: So, it’s true that films were once watched in…theatres, is that the word?

  Teacher: Indeed. They were the first entertainment centers to disappear entirely. Studios would continue to produce motion…

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  Review by Jak-Luke Sharp ★★ 1

  NETFLIX (ULTRA 4K)
  2.35:1
  Color 
  Codex ARRIRAW (2.8K)
  12A

  ”You remember?

  Extinction proposes an interesting subversion of genre and intriguing premise. Injecting a layer of promise in its second act that is, unfortunately, run into the ground in a final act that sails into shallow and rocky waters of tiring melodrama tendencies and strained ideology that has a preset of one note motif and obligatory theme that feels obsolete and emotionally sparse.

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  Review by Trudes ★½

  If you're looking for aliens and Lizzy Caplan I urge you to watch Cloverfield instead.

  Extinction is a bland Netflix invasion flick that turns out to be something different. That different thing however really isn't much better executed.

  I assume a lot of people will be happy to see Michael Peña as the leading man but unhappily so I need to say that he just doesn't pull it off here - possibly due to the script.

  Overall it's a slog with maybe a good idea or two that never come through. It's not exciting, thrilling or scary enough to capitalise on any aspect of the invasion and it's not smart enough to bring home the twists it has in store.