Life (7/10)

Rating: 7/10 (28 January 2018)

The outer space setting for a horror/sci-fi film was a common theme in 2017, notably Alien Covenant and Life. Seeing the influence, the original Alien had on Life is as plain as day. This aspect knocks down Life's originality pegs somewhat and leaves the story-line very predictable especially at the very end. However, Life has a couple film aspects that were great to see on screen. First, this was truly an all-star cast lifted by Jake Gyllenhaal, Ryan Reynolds and Rebecca Ferguson. Second, the monster's CGI was excellent, and its own origins and development are interesting to the story.
As a whole, the storyline and editing where managed with precision and made the movie very fluid and go by fast. It'll be exciting what to see Daniel Espinosa has for the future after his first big budget film he successfully managed. Although Life didn't manage to be on the same level as Alien, the film is still strong and worth viewing.