65

The premise doesn't hold up to close scrutiny and the narrative can be jarringly slow-paced.

The Adam Driver-starring thriller is a lean, mean exercise in sci-fi suspense set far in our planetary past (if only by sheer misadventure).

65 is a gruesome thing to watch, even for dinosaur lovers—and not much fun, either.

Driver gives a Driver-level performance and it’s a tight 90 minutes. And those two aspects alone are enough for a passable dino actioner.

65 is essentially a big-budget version of a simple, made-for-streaming creature feature, nothing more and nothing less.

The revelation that accompanies the title card for Scott Beck and Bryan Woods’ 65 all but demands a hearty guffaw, except this is a film that knows little of humor.

It was the worst of times, it was the end of times. For the characters anyway. Not as bad I had heard, 65 is improved by the performances and also the constant pummelling that pre-historic Earth doles out to poor old Mills. 


...a pared-down premise that’s employed to mostly compelling (and periodically spellbinding) effect...

Watches so much like an adaptation of a classic pulp dime novel...

65 may not be as refined or ravishing as the other survival thrillers or sci-fi adventures, but if you’re tired of mush and masculinity, this may be a slightly different experience.