It could have been better

Rating: 6/10 (29 March 2017)

Life (2017) from director Daniel Espinosa is not original movie at all, but has it's own unique moments.
Movie follows group of 6 astronauts, group itself works very well, you can see and believe they are real group of astronauts and friends, not just actors playing them, where the movie lacks is when u divide group and look at characters one by one, you don't have much, some characters are developed more than others, but that's normal, problem is some of them make very stupid choices for smart people, but that's due to writing, not acting.
Character I liked the most was Hugh (Ariyon Bakare), his motivation was best in movie, his character was very well developed and used, also there is one very horrific part of the movie, that could be done only with him, and it was done very well. Other characters were pretty much forgettable, some more than others.
Also I see this movie as having 2 parts, first part is where movie shines and where it has most of it's originality, there are some beautiful shots of space station, earth from space, inside of station etc. Cinematography big + from me.
Second part is where it falls apart for me, when alien creature starts growing, movie loses it's mysterious tone and becomes horror, that for me is done just for the sake of horror. And biggest problem of all is that movie loses all of it's little originality, although not original, it could have done something original, by that I mean how story progresses and finishes, because ending also was unoriginal and predictable.
In conclusion, I can't see this movie as being very well remembered, for me personally not bad movie, but nothing new and memorable. If it was whole on the level of the first part of movie, I think I would give it a bigger grade, like this it's 6/10 for me.