65

Unfortunately, the meaty premise and the very committed Adam Driver are not enough to save the incredibly bland direction and unimaginative script, which only meets the bare dramaturgical minimum to call it a survival thriller. It's a relatively short film and some scenes from the trailer are even missing, but it still feels padded and a few comedic scenes accompanied by Looney Tunes music are really eyebrow-raising. This plot would have benefited from a more B-movie, gritty, R-rated execution, with fewer dinosaurs and more night scenes to hide the imperfect effects, but unfortunately the creative ambition to show as much as possible was combined with the ability to tell as little and as interestingly as possible, and I'm not sure what and whom it's supposed to impress in the end. (03/15/2023)

I don't really fault the makers of 65 for wanting to make anything other than a fun flick that isn't completely stupid. And they succeeded. The problem is that Adam Driver is a bit wasted in films like this. But he did go for it and it's a good thing it didn't end up being a disaster despite all the problems. And Ariana Greenblatt is a sweetheart! (11/25/2023)

65 reasons why we can skip this movie. My interest in the film waned as quickly as it grew after watching the fantastic trailer, and that is a big problem. The story is naught, but I wasn't expecting that here. What I instead expected and wanted was a visual orgy, dinosaur fights and a great Adam Driver in the lead role, but the action is boring to the point of being horrible, the scenery doesn't dazzle, there is no spectacular sci-fi to speak off, and in a field of such a bland film and such a flat character, even Driver has nothing to work with. And the fact that the film doesn’t even tell us WHAT and WHY is actually going on here doesn't add much to the rating either. The second star is actually only for the fact that at least the dinosaurs look pretty decent and don't look like cheap CGI, otherwise it's a completely pointless, uninnovative and skippable flick… (04/10/2023)

An advanced civilization embarking on interplanetary journeys, yet they have their tools tossed in a drawer in a workshop? And when things get tough, their representative pulls out a 100 feet of rope from a marshal's bag? Was the rope on board in case they needed to tow another spaceship? Did we adopt our units of time and length from them? And what about that sharp bone smeared with red berry juice—will its moment ever come? What a geyser! Scott Beck and Bryan Woods might have been handed this as a reward for A Quiet Place, but for the audience, it’s more like a punishment. Just like in Haunt, the problem lies with the editing and the continuity of the scenes; the tension is nonexistent, and the idiocy is cranked up to the max. I was expecting Adam Driver to step on a mosquito and alter history, but considering the origins of his character, that wouldn’t have provided the right backdrop of determinism. So, in the end, he only stumbled with his choice of role... well, let’s say he missed the mark. (04/12/2023)

It’s a shame about the level of stupidity in many of the scenes, because the natural settings are atmospheric and the monsters are impressive. The idea of setting the story on Earth before our civilization, in the age of dinosaurs, is also fine. Sci-fi B-movies require at least a bit of common sense, which is all the more true with smaller budgets. Here, with solid production under the baton of Sam Raimi and an A-list actor in the lead role, the absence of intelligence is an even greater drawback. (06/23/2023)