Life: Alien Fans need to get one

Rating: 8/10 (5 March 2018)

When movie makers have pretty much run out of ideas and every other movie is either a follow up, prequel, sequel, re imagining, 3D version, lego version or what not, movie goers still feel that they're being original by spotting a familiar theme in a movie that's been pointed a billion times already.
Personally I never got the fuss over the Alien franchise. I've always found it to be more of an ordinary horror/slasher flick rather than classic sci-fi with plot holes large enough to pilot the Nostromo through.
Life has similarities with Alien in certain aspects. While the premise is far more interesting and way more plausible than the Alien franchise, the execution is less so. The characters are weak and undeveloped to the extent that I really didn't care if they lived or died. The hard science was poorly thought out and careless which is inexcusable. And the constant need to have the characters make stupid decisions in order for the story to progress kept preventing me from immersing myself in the movie.
Nevertheless, this is still a movie that fans of hard 'sci-fi' will enjoy overall. For those of us who entertain the possibilities of an alien life form being out there, the thought of one being biologically alien to what we know is far more interesting than one that looks like a big lizard with acid for blood.
One thing that I definitely find encouraging is that movie makers are now more willing to ditch the 'Hollywood' ending.