65
65
After a catastrophic crash, pilot Mills quickly discovers he's actually stranded on an unknown planet. Now, with only one chance at rescue, Mills must make his way across an unknown terrain riddled with dangerous prehistoric creatures in an epic fight to survive. From the writers of A Quiet Place comes 65, a sci-fi thriller produced by Sam Raimi, Deborah Liebling, Zainab Azizi, Scott Beck and Bryan Woods.
Manuel Frangis reviewedMarch 9, 2025
I went into 65 expecting at least some dumb fun. I mean, Adam Driver fighting dinosaurs with futuristic weapons? That should have been an easy win. Instead, what I got was one of the most painfully boring, lifeless sci-fi movies I’ve ever sat through.
Right off the bat, the movie wastes its own premise. You’d think a film about a space traveler crash-landing on Earth 65 million years ago would be packed with action, tension, or at least some cool dinosaur fights. But nope, 65 somehow manages to make dinosaurs boring. There are barely any exciting action scenes, and when they do happen, they’re shot in such a dark, messy way that it’s hard to even tell what’s going on.
The plot is paper-thin. Adam Driver plays Mills, a pilot who crash-lands on prehistoric Earth with one young survivor. That’s about it. The whole movie is just them wandering through generic-looking forests while avoiding dinosaurs that barely feel like a real threat. There’s no real character development, no emotional weight, and honestly, no reason to care about anything that happens.
And let’s talk about the dinosaurs. You’d think they’d be the highlight, but somehow they look worse than the ones in Jurassic Park, which came out thirty years ago. The CGI is weirdly inconsistent, and the designs don’t even feel scientifically accurate. It’s like the filmmakers just threw together some random lizard monsters and called it a day.
The pacing is brutal. The movie drags so much that even though it’s only 90 minutes long, it feels like three hours. There’s barely any dialogue, which might have worked if the atmosphere and visuals carried the movie, but they don’t. It’s just a slow, repetitive slog with no real stakes.
Adam Driver does his best, but even he can’t save this disaster. He’s stuck with almost no dialogue and a character that has no real depth. You can tell he’s trying, but it’s like watching a great actor trapped in a bad movie with no way out.
Final thoughts? This should have been Predator meets Jurassic Park, but instead, it’s a dull, pointless waste of time. I wouldn’t even recommend it as a “so bad it’s good” kind of movie. Just skip it.