Life (2017)
Director: Daniel Esposito.
Rating: 3/5 worth watching
Synopsis
During a mission to rescue a precious sample of ancient microbial life from the planet Mars, a crew of scientists are left battling for their own lives as the organism grows and gains intelligence. It escapes, attacking them in order to survive and make its way to Earth.
Review by Jason Day
Despite a taut and at times quite creepy atmosphere, Life won't win any awards for scare tactics. As science fiction horror films go, this is a talky, but tame trip above the stratosphere.
A simple but busy plot and a hard-working and professional cast aren't enough to inject much needed oomph into some very procedural action sequences as the crew work through what sounds like a NASA guidance document on what to to do if an alien starts destroying your ship and killing you all.
What the director and writers do achieve is a very effective surprise ending that helps the film go out with some much needed bang.
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Cast & credits
103 mins. Columbia/Skydance/Sony Pictures. (15)
Producers: Bonnie Curtis, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Julie Lynn.
Writers: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick.
Camera: Seamus McGarvey.
Music: Jon Ekstrand.
Sets: Nigel Phelps.
Ryan Reynolds, Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Hiroyuki Sanada, Olga Dihovichnaya, Ariyon Bakare.
