Very average - don't believe the hype

Rating: 5/10 (26 March 2017)

The genre of Life is my favorite, with Aliens films as absolute highlight. The trailer for Life and the discussion reminded me of a new great experience. But I was disappointed. A research crew of six members of an international space station is assigned to study an organism from Mars. Happiness is absolute when they find a living organism. This is eventually named Calvin. But the joy turns to fear when the creature turns out to be a brutal killer and have a strong survival instinct. Does this sound familiar?This sci-fi thriller has very strong names like Ryan Reynolds, Rebecca Ferguson and Jake Gyllenhaal. Ryan Reynolds role, however, is very insignificant. The best is Jake Gyllenhaal who manages to convey the horror. The problem with the film, I think that it is not exciting enough, it is not nasty enough and I have problems with the monster too. There is something strange about it all. The film is quite OK, but nothing more. The ending opens up for sequels. Well, I won't be waiting for those. I hope I rather have a good experience in May, when the new Aliens movie will be ready for release.