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Posted 1/30/2026
Directed by Brad Anderson, World Breaker is a cerebral and visually arresting science fiction thriller that explores the "inhumanity of survival" amidst a cosmic reality collapse. The film stars Luke Evans as a father who has spent five years in a fortified sanctuary on the Scottish coast, hiding his daughter (played by Milla Jovovich) from a terrifying phenomenon known as the "Incursion." This event has torn a rift between our world and a parallel dimension inhabited by the "World Breakers"—entities that don't just invade, but physically overwrite our reality with their own. When their sanctuary’s cloaking technology fails, the duo is forced into a perilous journey across a landscape where the laws of physics are actively melting, turning the sky into glass and the ground into a liquid nightmare.
The narrative distinguishes itself through its "hard sci-fi" approach, focusing on the psychological toll of a father’s desperate obsession with protection. Along their journey, they encounter a "Breach-Runner" (played by Bill Skarsgård), who reveals that Jovovich’s character possesses a biological anomaly capable of sealing the rift—an act that might inadvertently destroy the survivors of both worlds. Anderson utilizes a de-saturated, haunting visual style and practical effects to create a sense of mounting dread, questioning the moral cost of endurance in a world that is no longer recognizable. With a lean runtime and a script that favors atmospheric tension over standard action tropes, World Breaker serves as a grim meditation on the lengths a parent will go to secure a future for their child, even when that future requires an impossible sacrifice.
