‘Encounter’ is More (and Less) than It Appears

By Benjamin Konuch "Keeping a level head when all hell's breaking loose, that's a special kind of tough." Released by Amazon Studios earlier last month, "Encounter" is a slow-burn thriller/drama starring Riz Ahmed, Octavia Spencer and Lucian River-Chauhan. Ahmed plays Malik, an ex-marine who discovers a conspiracy about alien parasites taking control of humans. Once he finds out, he embarks with his two young sons on a journey across a country where anyone could be an enemy. While many ...