Annihilation should really be called Assimilation. First of all, the mysterious, alien Area X, located somewhere in the United States, isn’t bent on killing all Earth life as it expands. Instead, it absorbs and changes alligators, plants, humans, making everything into its own image. Area X isn’t a Death Star—it’s a vast, weird, DNA-warping melting pot. Beyond that, though, the film should be known as Assimilation because it engages in whitewashing.