Great effects, decent idea, but poor execution.

Rating: 3/10 (30 June 2017)

First, you've already watched the trailer. This is the age of TL;DR, so let's get right to it.
Ryan Reynolds as Rory Adams and Olga Dihovichnaya as the International Space Station (ISS) commander Ekaterina Golovkina were the standouts, Reynolds for being his usual frat boy persona (which somehow worked in the stuffy setting of the ISS) and Golovkina for really nailing what a commander of a high-tension environment made up of large multi- national personalities should be; patient, temperate, and unquestionably in charge.
The rest of the cast were not noteworthy, except Jake Gyllenhaal, who once again makes a block of wood look like something you'd want to spend time with. Seriously, put those puppy-dog eyes on an actual puppy, you'd get some real emotion.
As far as the premise, if you can get around the fact that once again we have a primitive life form that is seemingly indestructible and unstoppable against all modern technology and the laws of physics, then the alien (the indomitable Calvin) was actually a likable villain. I know I was rooting for him, and I bet a lot of you will be too.
As far as the ending, saying you can see it coming from a mile away is an insult to all miles. Daniel Espinosa and Rhett Reese/Paul Wernick painted the story into a corner from which there is only one possible exit. Nobody -- NOBODY -- is going to be surprised.
I mean, the milquetoast earth orbit flick finish has already been done. It's called Gravity, and it also sucked.
3 of 10. Wait for the $5 bin.
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