Alien at the Movies

Encounter

A decorated Marine (Riz Ahmed) is on a mission to rescue his 2 sons from an invasion of parasitic aliens. Along the way to Base Camp, the journey becomes more & more dangerous so the boys must grow up quickly. Ahmed is amazing as well as the 2 very young actors playing the boys. The love between them is very convincing & makes this premise work. You may suspect all is not right from the beginning & the plot will become clearer as the layers are revealed. Is this father lying to his kids or is he delusional? The powerful film is intense, moving, & emotional. Octavia Spenser has a small supporting role.

Alien gives it 3 “family annihilator” stars out of 4.