Fool about with Alien life, what could possibly go wrong!

Rating: 6/10 (25 March 2017)

This is a Sci-fi suspense horror film, staring an A-list cast. The crew are isolated in a space-station, which feels incredibly claustrophobic. The mission is to analyse some soil samples from Mars and in the process the crew discover a dangerous 'octopusy' like alien life-form.
The Alien (they name 'Calvin') grows very quickly and slowly picks off the crew in it's attempts to survive. The alien is fairly scary but I don't think will measure up to some other film monsters, and I'm not sure if I'm ever going to enjoy calamari again.
The plot is heavily inspired by the original Ridley Scott 'Alien' film, while the very heavy CGI opening scenes are heavily inspired by 'Gravity'. The zero gravity 'floaty' scenes are well filmed and very effective. The sound-track is very atmospheric but is 'bigger' than the film.
In summary, the film is watch-able but there is a very predictable twist at the end and the film is ultimately forgettable in favour of better examples.