ALIEN meets GRAVITY

Rating: 7/10 (30 March 2017)

LIFE (2017) **1/2 Jake Gyllenhaal, Ryan Reynolds, Rebecca Ferguson, Ariyon Bakare, Hiroyuki Sanada, Olga Dihovichnaya. Alien Meets Gravity could've been the pitch for this sci-fi thriller that is basically a retread of Alien: small crew of the International Space Station makes a startling discovery of a life form from Mars that quickly begins to evolve and eventually pick off each member one by one in steadfast fashion. Blame it on the screenplay by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick who basically follow all the pulse points of the aforementioned genre classic despite director Daniel Espinosa's kinetic movements thru out and decent cast that is primarily wasted. The visual effects as per usual are the store and 'Calvin' as the entity has been dubbed is a unique intergalactic jellyfish-like monstrosity that is indeed squirm-worthy icky.