Obvious ending

Rating: 5/10 (3 June 2017)

This film is often compared to Ridley Scott's "Alien", what to some may be a spoiler, but to all others, it's just like saying that it's a space creature story, what is exactly what people that go watch this kind of show are seeking, anyway. The title is actually spoiler enough, pointing that there is "Life" out there.
The plot has many problems, starting from the creature concept: it begins as a single cell that can multiply and form a multicellular being, in which each cell keeps its individuality, to the point each cell can see, think and act independently, mostly like John Carpenter's "The Thing", except that it/they doesn't/don't, i.e., the creature never splits (it could have left a single cell behind to consume each person it killed, for example, so there would be half a dozen creatures at the end, instead of just one, increasing its/their chance of survival). That feature of the creature is never used, not even once (although, to be fair, the idea haunts the film, making us think that everybody and/or everything the creature touched could host a new creature).
The characters are amazingly dumb, poking the alien with an electric probe, opening doors when the whole section should be shut, using fire (in the space station!) to try to kill the alien, getting alone when a deadly alien is loose and hunting and so on.
There are also problems regarding the Science behind the Fiction, like why is the creature intolerant to oxygen at first, then without explanation becomes an oxygen "vampire"? The creature's driving goal also changes randomly, some times it's after "food" (anything carbon based, even coolant), other times it's after air, on other times, droplets of blood...
There are also Engineering problems, like how did the creature return into the station, to attack the scientist's leg, without breaching air out (and engaging all kinds of alarms)? Also, why did the gauges move when the creature supposedly tried to invade the propulsion exhausts (to eat the fuel), while they were shut? Finally, the ending became too obvious when the two last survivors started plotting two different paths of action for them. I think it would have gone better if the pilot had kept his plan secret until the very last moment, so the twist wouldn't be spoiled so long before the ending.
On the plus side, the cast is good, so the acting is convincing (yeah, they manage to convince that they are all very dumb, but they do that really convincingly!), and the music score is nice, adding a lot to what's happening on screen, giving a really menacing "feel" to the mostly faceless creature.
Everything considered, this is more "space opera" than properly Science Fiction, but then again, that's the case with most films classified as such, including "Alien" and "The Thing", what doesn't make them less entertaining. As a thriller, this film delivers a few good moments, just don't think too much about hows and whys (if you do, you will probably hate it).