Overview
- Forbes and AllHipHop praise the film’s performances, highlighting Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi as Dek and Elle Fanning as Thia, along with Trachtenberg’s assured direction.
- The story shifts perspective to a Yautja protagonist for the first time, reframing the series as a coming-of-age survival adventure on the hostile planet Genna.
- Trachtenberg says the creature designs were built from Genna’s ecology, a choice reviewers say makes the alien world feel coherent and alive.
- Reviews single out the visual craft, citing Weta FX and ILM’s work and Jeff Cutter’s cinematography for delivering striking landscapes and creatures.
- The film is rated PG-13, runs about 1 hour and 47 minutes, and is now playing in theaters nationwide.