A wanna-be alien thriller

Rating: 4/10 (26 March 2017)

Life stars Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds, and Jake Gyllenhaal and it is the story of how a group of astronauts encounter an alien from mars and sh*t hits the fan. I did not expect anything from this movie other than some fun, and i certainly did not get it. This movie is very boring. There is a lot of exposition at the beginning basically telling the audience everything they need to know and there is 6 characters introduced in the movie, and you don't care about any of them since they are not fleshed out. And since you don't care about any of them, tension is now lost because of this.There is one scene when Jake Gyllenhall's character is talking about why he loves to be in space, but there is no reason behind it. There is absolutely no motivation throughout the movie. Characters make idiotic decisions and it is not real. The script is horrible and there is absolutely no direction. Throughout the movie things just happen and there is no room to breathe in and let the characters flourish. Believe it or not, there is some things I like about the movie. The design of the alien is unique and the CGI accompanying it was great. The cinematography is sometimes impressive as the first time we enter the station is done in one shot and the final act was really well shot (I'll talk about the ending in a bit). The performances were good but the chemistry not so much. This movie gives throwbacks to other films and they come off forced as sh*t. There are a lot of stupid decisions and stuff happening but if I talk about all of them in detail, this review will be very long. The ending was awful, predictable, forced and hilarious. I don't think this movie deserves the praise it has by critics and it will be forgotten very quick. 4.5/10