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If Disclosure Day left you with your head scrambled, wondering what the hell is really going on out there and whether we have actually been told the full story, then you are definitely not alone. That’s a big part of why this Steven Spielberg movie has got so many people talking.

At a glance, it has got all the UFOs and government cover-ups in order with a hint of first-contact mystery you’d expect, but underneath all that, this sci-fi film is really asking a much bigger question: what happens when everything you thought you knew turns out not to be true? Come on, we have all questioned that at least once in our lives.

And that’s the reason why Extinction makes such a great follow-up to Disclosure Day, because it plays around with a lot of those same ideas, just in a whole new ball game. Released on Netflix back in 2018, Extinction is a sci-fi thriller directed by Ben Young and led by Michael Peña, who stars alongside Lizzy Caplan and Mike Colter.

It stars Peña as Peter, an ordinary bloke who is being haunted by these crazy nightmares about the end of the world. Every day, he sees the same terrifying images of destruction and some massive attack that nobody else seems to think is coming, which naturally leaves everyone around him convinced he is having some sort of breakdown. The thing is, Peter is not imagining it.

Before long, the invasion actually arrives. Now, at this point, you could be forgiven for thinking you have got the film all worked out. It looks like it is heading down a pretty familiar sci-fi path, with one man trying to warn everybody while humanity prepares to fight for survival. But that’s when most people make the mistake of judging it quickly because, as the film moves forward, it becomes clearer that almost nothing is what it seems, and that is where Extinction really starts having fun with the audience.

Without spoiling anything, Peter’s search for answers reveals a secret that is so huge it completely changes the way you look at everything that has happened beforehand. Suddenly, the film isn’t really about an invasion at all. Instead, it becomes a story about what it actually means to be human, and when that revelation finally clicks into place, you would want to pause the film and take a minute to take it all in.

What makes it such a good afterwatch to Disclosure Day is that both films are fascinated by hidden truths and shifting realities. There is no way you are getting simple answers. Instead, these films keep pulling at the threads of what their characters think they know until the whole picture starts to form.

So if you have finished Disclosure Day and you are after another sci-fi film that will keep your brain busy, get Extinction stuck on. Just do yourself a favour and go in blind. You will thank yourself later.