REVIEW: LifeBy Quinn OxleyMarch 25, 2017What is Life?

I asked myself this question many times during this movie.  Not myself a horror fan, I often found that I had paid for a ticket to my own discomfort.  Hence the question, “What even?  What is life?”

It’s more or less Gravity meets Alien, which is a crossover you’d think everyone wants, but it’s not as grand as you’d think.

Six members of the crew aboard the International Space Station begin to study an organism discovered in samples of Mars’s soil and realize they should have left well enough alone.

I don’t see the need for this film.  If you want to see people in space get taken down by an alien, watch Alien.  If you want to see someone struggle with space equipment for a while, watch Gravity.  Life brought almost nothing new to the table, and the creature looks almost like something out of Jim Hensen’s Labyrinth.

Rebecca Ferguson is by far the film’s most compelling performer; however, while the cast is composed of competent actors, together they don’t have much of a chemistry.

Scary?  Not so much as it inspired a sense of major discomfort, but I'm no seasoned horror veteran.  The idea of a creature doing to me what it does in the film is harrowing, but I can't speak for those in our readership who frequent films of this genre.  I suppose it could have been more frightening

Is it good, though?

Eh.  It's not awful.  It kept my attention, but it didn't do anything that hasn't been done before.

Rating: 5/10

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