Alien meets Gravity

Rating: 8/10 (31 March 2017)

A good film that pays tribute to quite a few classics of the Science Fiction genre. The topic itself is nothing new although a plot about "not so nice" life discovery on Mars is intriguing. The concept itself is really old but still effective as this film proved as it had me on the edge of my seat quite a few times. The cast was good enough although the performances were nothing special apart from Ariyon Bakare who is easily the standout. I wasn't a fan of Jake Gyllenhaal here. He rather sleepwalked through the film and seemed to be rather bored with his underdeveloped character. One of the few times he really felt out of place. Rebecca Furgeson was all right but also she can do much better. Ryan Reynolds tried too hard to be the comedic relief, it did not work the whole time. I did like Hiroyuki Sanada tho. The direction by Daniel Espinosa was good enough with some inspired shots. I loved the score which added a lot to the thrills of he film. Effects and action scenes were great. The atmosphere indeed reminded you on "Alien" the movie it primarily refers to. I really would not mind a sequel at all.