The narrative of 65 is quite straightforward. The science fiction movie, which takes place “prior to the advent of mankind,” centers on Mills, a hired gun from a far-off planet who becomes stuck on an unexplored planet after his ship is struck by an unanticipated asteroid storm.
Before learning that one of his passengers, a young girl named Koa, survived their crash, Mills momentarily considers murdering himself in the first few minutes of 65 with all of his cryogenically slumbered passengers assumed dead. The narrative of 65 is quite straightforward.
The science fiction movie, which takes place “prior to the advent of mankind,” centers on Mills, a hired gun from a far-off planet who becomes stuck on an unexplored planet after his ship is struck by an unanticipated asteroid storm. Mills, who has all of his cryogenically slumbered passengers assumed dead, considers taking his own life in the opening minutes of 65.
What Is 65 About?
Koa is awakened, and Mills decides to accompany Koa to their ship’s emergency escape craft, which has crash-landed more than a dozen kilometers away on a distant mountain. Unfortunately for Mills and Koa, viewers soon learn that they haven’t just crashed-landed on any planet—rather, they’ve done so on a dinosaur-filled version of Earth from the Cretaceous period.
Because of this, the pair’s departure from Earth isn’t as simple as they had hoped. Mills and Koa are forced to battle a variety of dinosaurs during the length of 65’s short 93-minute running time, many of which instantly try to kill the two.
And if all that weren’t awful enough, it turns out in 65’s second act that the asteroid field that sent Mills and Koa’s ship crashing down was only the leftover debris from another, the far larger asteroid that is headed directly for Earth. The asteroid in issue will completely annihilate the planet’s non-avian dinosaurs.
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Does Adam Driver Really Battle a Tyrannosaurus Rex in 65?
After learning of the approaching asteroid, Mills and Koa scramble to reach their escape craft before the Earth’s surface is completely altered. But after they get to their escape ship, Koa not only finds that both of her parents were murdered in the collision that had brought her to Earth but also that Mills had lied to her about her family having arrived at their destination.
Koa and Mills (Adam Driver) appear to be irreparably splitting apart for a brief period of time due to Mills’ anguish and sense of betrayal. Instead, Mills confides in Koa about losing his own daughter, Nevine (Chloe Coleman), who passed away while he was gone on the operation that brought them together. Koa can see Mills’ fragility even though he can’t fully comprehend him.
The two’s common suffering, therefore, is what binds them back together. Unfortunately, a meteor strikes Koa and Mills’ escape craft just as they are about to leave Earth, sending it plummeting off its mountain perch. Three extremely irate Tyrannosaurus rex surround Mills and Koa as they stand on the ground. When Mills exits their escape craft, he is able to defeat two of the enormous dinosaurs by himself.
But when Mills’ solitary weapon runs out of ammunition, only a perfectly timed geyser burst and a last-second intervention from Koa keep the final T-Rex from killing him. Then, with only a few seconds left, Mills and Koa sprint back to their escape craft, leaving Earth just before a planet-altering asteroid strikes it.
How Does 65 End?
Mills closes his eyes and mulls over some of his final moments with his daughter as he and Koa fly toward the rescue ship that is waiting for them somewhere in the heavens. It appears for a brief period of time that the pilot will succumb to suffering from his numerous wounds and pass away.
But as Koa takes his hand in hers, he is brought back to consciousness. After then, episode 65 closes with a shot of Mills and Koa’s ship accelerating away and turning into yet another speck of light in a sea of stars. The conclusion of 65 is ultimately a reflection of the movie as a whole.
It’s a straightforward, bare-bones finish that uses a lot of well-known themes and plot devices, yet it still manages to reach an emotional resolution that is both shockingly upbeat and moving in its own little way. The ability of Mills and Koa to connect through their sadness keeps them alive, despite how spectacular many of 65’s action scenes are.