Gareth Edwards directs Scoot McNairy, Whitney Able and Mario Zuniga Benavides in this sci-fi romance road movie where two strangers travel through a forbidden zone together, restricted to humans as alien gargantuans stalk the landscape by the Mexican border.

Love me some Gareth Edwards. He is one of the few modern blockbuster directors who guarantees overwhelming visuals and emotional beats. He is both maximalist and minimalist. A respecter of the big budget genres he plies his trade in. A hands on, expert SFX guy. Monsters was his calling card. A Before Sunrise that hides its creatures teasingly, even more sparingly than Spielberg did with Jaws. But it is way too slow moving and monotone to stand up to repeat visits. Job done. It opened the door for him to play in the enviable sandboxes of Godzilla, Star Wars and Jurassic Park. His way.

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