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A decorated Marine goes on a rescue mission to save his two young sons from an unhuman threat. As their journey takes them in increasingly dangerous directions, the boys will need to leave their childhoods behind.
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80
Time Out
Encounter has a whole lot of heart and takes a sensitive approach to PTSD that is underscored by a cultural tension that comes to a head in its high-octane, action-packed final act.
80
It’s a surprisingly meaty work that works on several levels at once.
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In Pearce’s sure hands, the film sustains its tension, even as it sideswipes the audience with slickly executed change of tone.
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It’s deceptively simple yet deeply philosophical stuff, channeled by first-rate genre filmmaking.
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Riz Ahmed takes Encounter a long way. But he can't single-handedly carry a film that never quite figures out what it wants to be — stark sci-fi paranoia? Psychological family drama? Desert road-trip apocalypse?
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