Calvin and Blobs

Rating: 7/10 (15 July 2017)

A space station risks their life to retrieve a soil sample from Mars. Under a microscope they observe a single cell life form which they manage to "re-animate." Soon this cute little "Groot" creature named Calvin turns into a large Octopus space creature surviving by killing.
The film managed to combine parts of "Alien" and "Gravity" to create a decent space horror story. The characters were not greatly developed. It was a waste of talent. The impending doom music was too loud to be effective, making the scenes feel artificially horrific. I was confused by the fact our biologically carbon based life could survive the icy cold vacuum of space and then they wanted to lure it inside so they can isolate it and deprive it of oxygen and kill it.
Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.