Another bad day in space

Rating: 7/10 (26 March 2017)

You would think that with all the excellent, thought provoking science fiction written that the movie industry could come up with an outer space plot that doesn't involve some kind of disaster. However "Life" once again shows that script writers are myopically fixed on the same type of material which they regurgitate again and again.
While the plot is a bit predictable, the tension builds to nail biting proportions and the ending is...
A horrifying movie, but more than that, another cautionary tale about discovering life on Mars. Like the "Europa Report" which was equally horrifying, "Life" may be hitting on a truth that overly sanguine Carl Sagan failed to recognize: any life that has originated on planets in the Outer Solar System will have evolved to compete for extremely limited resources (to say the least). When confronted with a nutrient and energy rich Terran environment it will...
We may be overjoyed to discover extra terrestrial life, but might well live to regret it.