Choose Life!

Rating: 7/10 (26 February 2018)

Life may not be one of the most original movies in existence, but I still found myself thoroughly engaged throughout the entire film, especially the middle part of the film, after Calvin breaks Hugh's hand and escapes from the containment room and before the two remaining astronauts make their final bid to escape from the brutal tentacles of "Calvin" a sentient life-form found from the soil and rocks of the planet Mars and "re-animated" thanks to the efforts of the crew of the International Space Station, Rory Adams (Ryan Reynolds), David Jordan (Jake Gyllenhaal), Miranda North (Rebecca Ferguson), Sho Murakami (Hiroyuki Sanada), Hugh Derry (Ariyon Bakare), and Ekaterina Golovkina (Olga Dihovichnaya).
Dr. Derry, the exobiologist of the crew, is naturally the one who has the most scientific interest in Calvin, being fascinated by how he develops and functions and even after being attacked by him shows some sympathy towards his plight, he tells the rest of the crew that Calvin is not inherently evil or malevolent but simply trying to survive, and it seems to be true as he only attacks people, or rats, in this particular case, who attack and threaten him first. It's a very interesting and thrilling film, highly recommended for anyone who likes sci-fi horror.