Evolution plays out like your typical early 2000s sci-fi summer blockbuster, and has a healthy amount of cringe that will either be a complete turnoff or keep you fully engaged. I hit my breaking point when David Duchovny, Seann William Scott, and Orlando Jones piled into Ira’s Jeep and sang along to “Play That Funky Music” on their way to the crash site because it dawned on me that in some way, shape, or form, this was Duchovny’s way of trying to make a character archetype that closely resembles Fox Mulder from an alternate universe be cool and not a total nerd.
However, as our unlikely group of heroes figure out how to save the day through a process that I would consider to be egregiously invasive, the film concludes in a hilarious way that makes you forgive some of its creative missteps along the way.