Life and death too

Rating: 8/10 (24 March 2017)

Welcome to the world of Science Fiction all you sci-fi lovers where we love to be entertained using mystery, imagination and adventure not limited to the known but the unknown realms as well. The movie Life takes us there. For about an hour and forty five minutes, we are first introduced to some space exploration that quickly turns into a major discovery and then a out of control situation. How it unravels is well done drawing us in little by little until you notice you are either biting your nails, wolfing down popcorn or a tasty snack or gripping the armchair of your seat. It happens more than once too making for a nice way to appreciate the story and of course see how it all unfolds. We humans have no idea of what another life form would consist of but here we are introduced to one of the many forms it can take. The awe of discovering Life elsewhere is quickly turned into a fast developing idea of who is discovering who first? Having all this take place in space aboard a space station makes for a good start and where it ends begs for a sequel not saying anymore but instead encouraging you to go see this movie and spend some quality, enjoyable entertainment time. The actors pull it off however I had trouble with some of the details and at times, understanding what was being said because it is being said over a radio transmission at times or quickly spoken with or without accents. Watching this with captions would capture all the dialogue. As far as the character details, there are too few. I also didn't quite care for what they ended up naming the Life form especially when we are half way into the movie but at that time, you don't care about its name as much as you care about what is it and where is it and why? It would have been nice to make this into a two hour movie and build up some background relevant data to add more mystery and of course explain clearly some of the scenes better. Never the less, worth the price of admission and I encourage you to take the leap and go see it on the big screen. I probably will see it again and be satisfied again. I hope they keep good sci-fi coming. Enjoy