Alien redo

Rating: 6/10 (5 July 2017)

This was an entertaining film for the summer, but the premise was forged nearly 40 years ago. The film is practically a remake of the original Alien movie. However, Alien was deeply rich in set design, shock, blessed suspense and believable situations. Life touched on some of these aspects but the gelatinous entity was too supernatural in its capabilities and superficially video-game-ish. The acting was credible enough and the ending had a nice twist, but I wasn't invested in the story as much as I hoped. Alien set the standard.