Oscar winner Riz Ahmed leads “Encounter”, an enigmatic science-fiction thriller from writer-director Michael Pearce. The film had its world premiere at Telluride and is now set for its full release via Amazon Studios. Ahmed is joined by co-stars Octavia Spencer, Janina Gavankar, Rory Cochrane, Lucian-River Chauhan, and Aditya Geddada.
Ahmed plays Malik, a decorated Marine veteran and the father of two young sons. The new trailer is pretty cryptic, but it looks to show Malik load up his boys and head on a road trip that turns into (as he himself puts it) “a rescue mission”. There are hints of an impending attack from outer space. But what’s most revealing is the number of law enforcement agencies who are hot on Malik’s tale. Clearly there’s more going on here than meets the eye.
“Encounter” is slated for a limited theater release on December 3rd prior to premiering on Amazon Prime streaming on December 10th. Check out the trailer below and let me know if you’ll be seeing it or taking a pass.
Keith & the Movies 
I like Ahmed so I’ll do this.
That’s my thinking too.
I’ll definitely check this out. Plus, I do like Riz Ahmed.
Ahmed is a big selling point.
I was lucky enough to get a streamer.. it’s quite good and I enjoyed it. Very different role for him and as always – he pulls it off.
Great to hear. I’m looking forward to it. Just gotta find time to squeeze it in!
That’s the problem right now – I can’t type fast enough or see too much because I can’t get it all out. Plus they just kindly asked to hold review till week of release so that gives me a moment! whew! 🙂
I know what you mean!
Pass
I plan on watching it at some point.
The studio sent me a screener a week or so ago. I just ran out of time.