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Life

2017
Sci-fi, Suspense/Thriller
1h 44m
A team of scientists aboard the International Space Station discover a rapidly evolving life form, that caused extinction on Mars, and now threatens the crew and all life on Earth.
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Life

2017
Sci-fi, Suspense/Thriller
1h 44m
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Rated 30 May 2018
65
48th
In the deep of space | There was a Reynolds | And a Gyllenhaal | And a plotline of- | Mostly Alien as I recall | Goodnight Moon | Goodnight far superior movie, Moon | Goodnight CGI creature | Goodnight mediocre feature | Goodnight obvious closer | Good job at the end though, composer | Goodnight science | Goodnight expositional overreliance | Goodnight Martian freak | Goodnight to the old man reviewer whispering, "weak."
Rated 25 Jul 2017
40
43rd
Life is a heartfelt film about a Japanese astronaut whose wife gives birth to their first child while he is stationed aboard the International Space Station. There is also a Martian squid that kills everyone.
Rated 28 Mar 2017
68
17th
Life is not Alien, you guys. Yes, it's about a crew picked off by a malevolent lifeform, and it has incinerators, tracking dots, coolant plot devices, pre-climax twists, escape pod(s), final voice-over narration, and both stations suffer catastrophic damage, but they're completely different movies. I mean, Alien has perfect visuals, engrossing characters, palpable dread, and a good ending -- one not cooked up by an edgy 14-year-old. Life ain't got any of that shit!
Rated 25 Mar 2017
3
38th
Decent enough sci-fi horror that doesn't run terribly deep or bring anything awfully new to the table, but which is slick enough to please fans of the genre (me!) and features a pretty great, grim ending.
Rated 14 Jan 2019
40
28th
'We regret to inform you that your application to become an astronaut has been denied". His left hand knuckle turned white as it squashed the letter, and an angry tear ran down Daniel Espinosa's right cheek.
Rated 06 Aug 2017
41
17th
Featuring the most stupid scientists in a while and the most incongruously indestructible monster, it's a teen slasher movie, and not a good one, with a sci-fi paint.
Rated 04 Jun 2017
65
53rd
pretty decent creature feature, borrowing from the suspected classics, but more in a referential than in a rip-off way. tight direction and a good cast make this worthwhile, although i would've prefered to have at least some intelligent decisionmaking by the protagonists for once. on the other hand, it's quite logical that there's stupidity needed to make things go down the shitter.
Rated 20 Aug 2017
50
43rd
Yes Gyllenhaal's character even steals Talby's key line, "I like it up here", but he doesn't get to circle the universe forever with the Phoenix Asteroids. Stimulating an alien entity in a petrie dish, too, seemed quite Carpenteresque, and having to go outside the ship to repair the system for communicating with Earth also seemed rather familiar. Characters are only so-so and there's definitely no Pinback or MacReady, but the floating about is quite pleasant and the ending is effectively abrupt.
Rated 31 May 2017
60
34th
"This was suppose to be routine" when spoken in a movie is a secret code for what you're about to watch is going to be typical routine been there done that filmmaking,
Rated 01 Aug 2017
4
43rd
Daniel Espinosa does some interesting things behind the camera - it captures the desolate loneliness of space well and the "weightless" effects are consistently seamless and excellent - but ultimately the film just can't escape its status as reheated moldy Alien leftovers.
Rated 28 Mar 2017
70
65th
This is a tricky film to pin down with a trailer that looks like a B-movie knock-off "Alien"(1979) remake, but with a big budget and movie stars. Although, the film is surprisingly tense at times it never evolves past generic horror movie territory. The movie tries to go in a hard sci-fi direction, but that too never feels like it goes anywhere too deep beyond what is needed to be adequate. Featuring B-movie level characters acted well enough by famous people to keep you watching as they die.
Rated 30 Jan 2018
65
23rd
The first Martin Lawrence movie I ever loved...just kidding. Since the beginning of science fiction, people have toyed with the idea of hostile aliens, and this one is breaking no ground. To be honest, the flaccid creature design and Gravity-esque space survival stuff threw off the appeal for me. Also, Reynolds, who's top billed, gets killed off in the first twenty minutes. If I were him, I'd be looking for a new agent. Could have been worse, but it could have been a hell of a lot better.
Rated 05 Apr 2017
3
25th
Wtf was with the music playing in the credits.
Rated 24 Mar 2017
60
62nd
Life is a just-effective-enough horror movie that borrows a lot from previous monster-in-space films - Alien, primarily. It starts on a high, builds suspense with a lull, and then unleashes a monster to ruin everything. A better movie fills that lull with characters we care about, and is a bit more creative with what it has its monster do, but the film is still, on the whole, relatively thrilling and entertaining. If you're in need of a new monster-in-space movie, Life will scratch that itch.
Rated 29 Jan 2018
55
42nd
A weird marriage between run-of-the-mill B-movie schlock, competent craftsmanship and A-list actors. Also: despite my general tiredness of generic "squid-monster" design the creature actually worked really well here.
Rated 08 Jan 2018
60
66th
A shockingly fun sci-fi horror flick. The fact that a modern sci-fi B-movie can be made with an A-list cast makes me pretty happy.
Rated 23 Dec 2017
40
19th
Hardly original. With a softly suck-y aftertaste.
Rated 18 Jun 2017
30
17th
Starts off promising but once the creature gets hostile it gets bad, really bad. Also boring and predictable, right until the final twist (it's a very mean ending though and along with the score the best thing about this movie). Only recommendable for those who thought that the crew in Prometheus wasn't dumb enough.
Rated 07 May 2018
77
52nd
Broad paraphrase of ALIEN is stylishly crafted (love the disorienting camera work in the opening scenes) and is well served by its likable and charismatic cast; it's unfortunate that it can never quite transcend the been-there-done-that feeling, even as the horror scenes themselves are extremely discomforting and genuinely creepy. Goes somewhat to pieces in its final act, with a final punchline that skirts awfully close to being a cheat.
Rated 25 Mar 2017
70
42nd
Don't walk into Life expecting some new mould-shattering Sci-Fi epic. Walk into it hoping to see it do well what it tells you it is right in the trailer: a suspenseful story about a crew who discovers life on Mars, botches first contact and now has to try and prevent a seemingly-unstoppable entity from getting to Earth. The motto is one you've seen before: humans are dumb, life exists outside of Earth, and if we aren't careful, we're dead. Ryan Reynolds is basically Deadpool. Definitely see it!
Rated 15 Aug 2017
52
27th
The sort of Alien ripoff you would have expected to see around 1980 or so, except with better CGI. A good idea is wasted when neither the characters or the premise get room to breathe. But at least it's still better than Promotheus.
Rated 07 Apr 2017
20
11th
A dull, on-rails exercise in horror plotting. Is it Gravity done like Alien or Alien done like Gravity? Either way, it's forgettable.
Rated 30 Mar 2017
60
30th
A film that claims to be "inspired" by Alien but let's just stop right there and call it what it is which is a cheesy but high budget alien-lite rip off. The monster looks like it was animated from a Chinese financed Disney knock off. I wish Stephen Chow was in this and it was a comedy. There's nothing even remotely original here right down to the *SPOILERS* shit ending. CGI and alien concept which resembles a spooge octopus was shockingly lame for an ensemble high budget film.
Rated 13 Jun 2017
63
31st
Life is kind of a generic sci-fi horror, but at the same time it has a very interesting and dare I say beautiful first act. Sadly it become a blatant Alien clone in acts two and three, but it's still a recommended watch for any sci-fi fan.
Rated 27 Mar 2017
81
64th
From the trailers, I expected nothing more than a boring Alien/The Thing ripoff. While it does borrow fairly heavily from both of them, it still manages to be its own entity, complete with likable characters, suspense the builds off of itself and isn't entirely reliant on jump scares, and a really well-designed, interesting alien creature. Definitely leaves an impact after you've seen it.
Rated 28 Apr 2018
46
29th
Your movie is never better than your monster - and this monster sucks. Still passable sci-fi fodder.
Rated 01 Jul 2017
65
62nd
Life is unashamedly inspired by 'Alien' and is highly reminiscent of 'Sunshine' (though with a more coherent final act). This familiarity sums up the film as something that has been done before; the cast, the tension, the creature are all well-executed but not iconic, making an good but inconsequential film. There is a fan theory that the film acts as a prequel to Venom from Spider-Man, which adds an interesting layer; but on it's own, Life is merely okay.
Rated 28 Dec 2017
60
25th
The best bits have been done better by other films and the rest isn't worth watching.
Rated 28 Jun 2017
6
56th
Coulda been better, had potential, good science good fi, not so great exploration of the creature or character dev, especially for reynolds
Rated 24 Mar 2017
30
20th
Wile E. Coyote vs. Roadrunner: Alien Starfish Edition. The science is almost as stupid as the scientists.
Rated 07 Jan 2018
61
55th
It's basic and by-the-numbers, but it worked well enough for me and I enjoyed it whilst it hung around. It has to be said it never makes the most of its considerable potential, but the cast do a more than fair job with not too much.
Rated 24 Jan 2018
75
25th
Okay movie that moves really slow but the ending was rather cool. Basically just kind of a remake of Alien.
Rated 30 Jun 2017
77
91st
Bastard child of The Thing and Gravity. Pretty good, even if from that cast you could expect more. Russian and black actor was annoying as hell.
Rated 31 Mar 2017
55
40th
Entertaining, yet not very original.
Rated 21 Jun 2017
53
54th
ALIEN in...space?
Rated 23 Nov 2017
6
60th
Yet another Alien clone, with your usual silly characters. Bonus points for the ending, for not abusing jump scares though, and for having pretty images.
Rated 05 Jun 2017
92
96th
Plain entertainment. Predictable but a nice easy-watching movie. In fact I loved the creature and the stupidity of humans
Rated 22 Nov 2017
63
28th
LIFE functions like a mashup of ALIEN and GRAVITY, a solid piece of claustrophobic and pseudo-sciencey space terror with gorgeous visuals. Nevertheless, the script doesn't put a very fresh spin on the trapped-in-a-spaceship concept. Despite its admirable professionalism, LIFE is more like a reliably reheated leftover than a new cinematic treat.
Rated 10 Jan 2018
50
31st
an Alien rip off. Oh, everyone knows that already? A bit derivative of Gravity? Shit, everybody spotted that too didnt they?
Rated 04 Apr 2017
55
21st
In summary, the film is watch-able but there is a very predictable twist at the end and the film is ultimately forgettable in favour of better examples.
Rated 25 Aug 2017
60
32nd
It certainly has the star power appeal and enough intrigue to get you hooked in. Unfortunately, it's nothing new and it all feels like something you've seen before. Having said that, there are some good elements, and it mostly stems from the unknown and the fairly good performances. In the end, it feels like a film that works really hard for a twist ending that becomes obvious as it approaches.
Rated 08 Apr 2017
51
19th
I wanted to like this movie more than I did. I'm a big fan of horror and I liked the cast, but something is off about this movie. The pacing is odd and the creature at its center doesn't make much sense. It seems to know things it shouldn't and the information we are given at the beginning doesn't really follow through to what we see later on. To it's credit this alien did sometimes make my skin crawl, but you can tell the actors aren't in the room with it so it doesn't feel real.
Rated 04 Jun 2017
68
35th
Alien and Gravtiy's retarded lovechild...
Rated 16 Jun 2017
65
48th
Pretty solid. I don't think its a Alien rip-off. Apart from the basic idea of having a murderous creature in an isolated space, there aren't that many parallels. And that idea alone ist not that genius. As so often the first half is much better than the second, but it's entertaining all the way through.
Rated 30 Jun 2017
68
24th
Killer squid in spaaaaaace!
Rated 01 Oct 2017
29
13th
sucked the life out of me.
Rated 02 Mar 2018
72
56th
Eclectic mix of astronauts recruited on the grounds of expendability, stupidity and ethnic mix, start probing some Martian Silly Putty called Calvin. Despite the space station being open to deep space though its 6 thrusters, and having variable fuel levels depending on how important it is to have some; the Alien surviving outside the space station perfectly OK but can't manage in a O2 depleted environment, this nonsense is actually well made and good fun. Its still Gravity with sea food though.
Rated 09 Jun 2018
60
72nd
Enjoyable little space monster flick, with a cool alien as the "big bad".
Rated 14 Jun 2018
50
26th
A scientist with an unhealthy amount of sympathy towards a foreign lifeform. First seemingly harmless but brings havoc in an enclosed spaceship. The thing being able to enter and exit a human host body with a gory fashion. A cold-headed woman trying to save the day by terminating the extra-terrestrial lifeform but the nuicance snags her teammates off one gory entry/exit after another. Prepare to guess who's lastly standing and prepare to be unsurprised. Essentially Alien. Just, not as good.
Rated 24 Oct 2018
65
62nd
This movie has some intense moments. The acting performances were satisfying. The alien was weird, beautiful and dangerous. However, a living creature that can't be incinerated seems unlikely. Good space physics. Good production quality, music, and sound. Some of the action was terrifying. It seems inspired by Aliens. Worth watching, but some of the details were a bit too fantastic.
Rated 01 Mar 2019
21
23rd
much like Alien, but not enough anal rape vibes
Rated 01 Jun 2019
55
50th
Derivative yes, but I still enjoyed it.
Rated 26 Nov 2019
50
18th
Cheap thrills. Including the "twist" at the end.
Rated 12 Jul 2022
75
78th
Un bon thriller de science-fiction, original et méchant, avec des belles gueules (Reynolds, Gyllenhaal et Ferguson).
Rated 25 Jul 2017
50
25th
It builds up so well that it wasn't until the film made the turn into the final 20 minute home stretch that id realized id just watched Alien again except this time in zero-g and replacing the xenomorph with a buff ball of phlegm. I give it points for being "sciencey" and such and for the cast who did a good job breathing fullness into their characters.
Rated 20 Jun 2017
70
80th
Some call it an "Alien" rip-off. Haven't you seen that classic? Give this one a chance. New review here : http://bit.ly/2rJNawD
Rated 31 Mar 2017
73
23rd
Pü allah belanızı versin. Rezalet. Gerilim arttıracam diye içine sıçmışlar. Ölümüne mantık hatası dolu.
Rated 09 Apr 2017
40
15th
The scene where Reynolds dies was tense the rest was not.
Rated 24 Apr 2017
20
5th
There sadly isn't much of an atmosphere or plot behind the few gory scenes. Too little information is given about the alien life form making it uninteresting and not credible. The film also struggles with characterization and dialogue. A forgettable and unnecessary addition to the alien genre.
Rated 26 Jun 2017
30
28th
Worthless (apart from the very ending)
Rated 29 Aug 2017
40
19th
eng; [life]; an bord der weltraumstation wird eine neue lebensform vom mars untersucht - mit tödlichen konsequenzen.; (panische besatzung und bizarre situation dass nur eine einzige kommunikationseinheit vorhanden ist, bzw. keine offline kommunikation durch teleskope möglich.);
Rated 12 Dec 2017
70
54th
This would have been a better Alien prequel than Prometheus was.
Rated 03 Jun 2017
85
75th
It's a sound alien-containment thriller, enjoyable but far too predictable and linear to be that thrilling. Definitely something 'more' missing here.
Rated 23 Nov 2017
74
31st
Dreadful atmosphere with good CGI modeling. One of the problems of Sci-fi horror films usually comes in the form of the abuse of jump scares, this films avoid this by actually developing the feeling of suspense since the beginning of the story. While lacking in the the acting and script department, Life manage to bring an old idea into a new and more realistic light while at the same time will ask you the question 'are we ready to find extraterrestrial life?'
Rated 24 Mar 2017
6
14th
Eh idk I'm more of a death kind of guy. Glad everyone ate it in the end. (EDIT: i am talking about the cereal here duh!!)
Rated 05 Jul 2017
29
3rd
It's like a mix of Gravity, Prometheus and shitty creature cgi. It looks great, sounds great, has a great cast (even though there apparently wasn't any Russian actress with a less incomprehensable accent available), it is a actionhorrorthriller with a scifi backdrop that doesn't give a fuck about science or logic, is full of silly pathos and has the dumbest scientists in the world constantly making things worse by being idiots.
Rated 21 May 2017
30
22nd
Life is a tense, often contrived story--Alien reheated, minus the acid blood. This sci-fi horror story could've easily been a PG-13 thriller without all the blood and harsh profanity, and frankly, it wouldn't have lost a thing. But as it is, Life feels a lot like its Martian star, Calvin: a critter you might not want to let out of the box.
Rated 11 Apr 2017
70
2nd
Entirely unimpressive in almost every way. I wanted to like it :(
Rated 25 Mar 2017
63
38th
A couple nice scenes and some actors trying really hard, but ultimately not enough to grab onto to make me care about the fates of any of these characters
Rated 07 Jul 2017
65
44th
Typical horror movie with all characters doing all the wrong decisions. Bonus points for the setting.
Rated 02 Jun 2017
45
12th
Not terrible but I wouldn't recommend it. It adds nothing to the formula, which would be fine but I found that it just plodded along. At one point I realized I just wanted it to end. Inspired by Alien but there's literally a better Alien this year. I expected a neat ending because of what people were saying, but this was a typical horror movie ending. I will say that I love the music that plays during the end; if only the rest of the movie captured that much dread.
Rated 15 Jun 2017
50
12th
Great, to good, to bad to seriously wtf? If you metaphorically accept Alien as the summary of 70's Hollwood, Life would be the summary of the naughts. Such a stupid ending and Calvin acting as the plot needed, not being able to open doors with 25 tentacles etc.. It started off as a cool ISS sci-fi and escalated to bad very quickly.. Sad with such potential.. Only redeeming factor would if it really is the sequal to Venom, now that takes guts! We'll see.
Rated 28 Mar 2017
70
70th
I expected an Alien ripoff admittedly, but that's an unfair title. The overall plot is similar to Alien, and there may be a few similarities throughout, but not enough to call it a complete ripoff. Both films are (in my opinion) on par, but Alien was able to do it first. The only area Life is better and not equal to, is pacing, but not by a whole lot. Life (like alien) lacks sufficient character developement. I found both female characters were rather forgettable. Overall I recommend it.
Rated 13 Jun 2017
40
13th
It's really weird how this starts so graceful and promising -- oh a scientific take on extraterrestrial life? -- and then falls apart by doing the exact things you expect -- which is copying better space horror movies and admitting the idea of being just a battle for the survival of species instead of something deeper. The surprise finale please-I-want-to-be-a-franchise is also a bummer.
Rated 23 Jul 2018
51
39th
While I was hoping it wouldn't be so, it ended up very much a cheaper version of the original Alien movie. The progression was very predictable and the end felt cheap.
Rated 06 Jun 2017
50
18th
The initial plot is very interesting: the first form of life discovered outside of planet earth. The first twenty minutes are very good. But with time it becomes just another alien thriller. Technically very well executed, but the story isn't that great.
Rated 01 Jul 2017
60
47th
Nothing new but it has a pretty good cast
Rated 29 Mar 2017
75
67th
Film making, tension building, character work, and interesting alien are somewhat undermined by a plot you have seen before a few times. Even the alien itself falls into this deja-vu when it grows to full size throughout the movie. Basically it's a solid /fun movie you'll watch once but probably won't become a favorite over the movies it apes.
Rated 27 Oct 2017
71
36th
A great sci-fi drama
Rated 27 Jan 2018
35
19th
Had hoped for more. Ending was so obvious that it should have been rejected as the most unoriginal script in decades.
Rated 05 Jun 2017
60
89th
Life (2017) beats those Sci-fi movies that tries to be overly intellectual. Just think of all the fun we would have missed had these guys been smart! At least they understand it's a movie and need to entertain, even if none of this is very original. Just good old Sci-fi fun picking it's scary moments!
Rated 30 Oct 2019
71
44th
It's a perfectly adequate space monster movie but never particularly good in any one area. Acting is a bit strained. Dialogue is a bit strange. Weightless movement is just off a bit. The events transpire in predictable fashion with a few typical frustrations. CGI of the monster is solid and there are some cool deaths, but it needed something else.
Rated 02 Jul 2017
60
38th
Strangely lifeless for such an impressive cast...
Rated 25 Jun 2017
85
75th
I enjoyed this a lot more than most it seems. Good cast, fast paced thrilling movie. not groundbreaking
Rated 27 May 2017
55
49th
Extremely dumbed down exercise which had so much potential. Worth a watch.
Rated 24 Jun 2017
56
13th
A post Gravity movie that sticks on survival essence of Life and ... it's not enough to be a remindable one. PS: DI7+SC4+CI7+ED7+AC6+SO7+OV7+WH5+MY6+WO0
Rated 27 Mar 2017
85
66th
was worried throughout the whole movie, cool "bad guy" AKA squishy strong alien. Pretty solid movie.
Rated 26 Apr 2017
1
5th
Awful. From physics to the chain of causes and decisions. flat characters, obvious end. Even the soundtrack isn't special. Every minute was embarrassing. It is just nice graphically.
Rated 31 Jul 2017
64
59th
Decent acting, great creature, mediocre movie. The film wasn't that suspenseful and it definitely wasn't scary. It's one of those movies that you sit back, watch, enjoy and then forget.
Rated 03 Feb 2018
59
33rd
Big budget sci-fi movie that is basically "Alien" but more fancy. It's not terrible, has some cool sequences and twists but never goes beyond average. If you miss this movie, you'll don't miss out on anything. If you do watch it, it won't hurt you either.
Rated 05 Jun 2017
82
68th
It's said to have some logic errors, the only thing I found unlogical was how Calvin couldn't open doors. The tension is built beautifully through out the movie, with an ending that will haunt you.
Rated 29 Mar 2017
60
46th
aside from being a terrifc arguement for the use of nuclear weapons, life is also a guilty pleasure, watching the doe-eyed young girls coming to marvel at the Reynods-Gyllenhaal bromance, only to succomb to the sheer absolute horror. now THAT is life, indeed.
Rated 11 Jun 2017
70
26th
I went into this not knowing a thing. It could have been about the board game for all I knew. It has the same old plot contrivances and lack of character development that plague so many movies of this genre, but that's the thing - I didn't know what genre movie I was getting into, which made it more fun.
Rated 03 Aug 2017
60
63rd
okay movie
Rated 18 Jun 2017
45
45th
Yet another DARK STAR remake. Gyllenhaal plays the Talby equivalent.
Rated 18 Jun 2017
40
2nd
its just like sh*t.
Rated 19 Oct 2017
67
47th
Not too tragic
Rated 29 Mar 2017
50
38th
The start is a bit too slow, and the ending is an insult to everyone (and predictable a mile away), but the actual meat on this bone is some pretty solid stuff. Good performances.
Rated 07 Apr 2017
4
15th
Gyllenhaal and Ferguson's back and forth of 'No, I should sacrifice MYself!' put the nail in the coffin.
Rated 30 Oct 2017
6
61st
While borrowing many elements from other Sc-Fi/Isolation movies, Life does a solid job of standing on its own legs. All while it does suffer from pacing issues and held back by character decisions lacking much sense, Espinosa created a claustrophobic and realistic space atmosphere, to characters who are deemed at least decent, and does an excellent job of creating just enough build to make it entertaining for the film's 110 minute runtime. Surely Life has a place amongst other space films.

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