An international space crew discovers life on Mars.
TRAILER
STORYLINE
Six astronauts aboard the space station study a sample collected from
Mars that could provide evidence for extraterrestrial life on the Red
Planet. The crew determines that the sample contains a large,
single-celled organism - the first example of life beyond Earth.
But..things aren't always what they seem. As the crew begins to conduct
research, and their methods end up having unintended consequences, the
life form proves more intelligent than anyone ever expected.
CAST
REVIEW
LIFE's running time is about 103 minutes, it is R rated, and start this Wednesday, March 22, 2017 in cinemas.
First of all I was not expecting a lot from the movie, because we all know the setting already: space, spacestation, aliens, and trouble. This might lead to the conclusion that we have something like an Alien movie, but we don't. The movie is okay, but not overwhelming, that I have to watch it twice.
But let's start with the cast and Jake Gyllenhaal as the main character. Great actor, always awesome to watch him, but in some moments the script ruins his role, like for e.g. when he has his 5 minutes of having a monologue.
Also great to see Mister Deadpool Ryan Reynolds, someone who catches also emotionally, because he is the character who gives us the family's feelings, like in the trailer that he just became father. But he is also in scenes which are full of action and so damn brutal that I thought: wow fortunately this is R rated.
So for its genre as SCI-FI, more Thriller than SCI-FI it is a great cast.
The camera is extraordinary, all looks very scientific and on high standards and values. So for e.g. there is a scene where a eye tear drops out of the eye, and this is so detailed and clear to this, which is awesome. In the actions sequences it enhances its speed and during the brutal and bloody scenes, it shows us all. Again luckily this in a R rated movie, and we also have scenes, where the heart gets ripped out of the body of a person and the camera makes a total view of this, which is crazy to see, especially in the cinema.
The music is okay, and there no effects. So deep space motion is there, this is a SCI-FI movie.
So the question is: is this just an Alien rip off movie? I think it is not. I think do not go to the movie and think like this, because you might don't like the movie then, and it won't give it a chance to convince you, so that you can enjot the stay in the movie house.
So what I like about the movie are the first 50 minutes, to discover life in a way we have not seen before, catched me, and is impressive to see, also the combination of technology and individuals styles of people on how to deal with this new life is great to see.
What I did not like was the second part: the movie is brutal, it turns into a suspicious way of how to present the fight between humans and aliens, and it forgets its storyline a bit, so we got lost, and also the ending and the settings after the first 50 minutes are really easy to see, so that there are so suprises anymore.
So all in all for its genre which is more like a thriller and very brutal I give him 7 out of 10 points, over all 6.5 out of 10 points.
So if you like the cast and if you like the settings and atmosphere go and watch and have a lot of fun while watching.
Thank you, bye bye.
