A 1990s convict is tempted to snort cocaine that's been smuggled in. Nonstop swearing spoils an otherwise clever premise. Literally dozens upon dozens of profane and obscene expressions fly from the screen. The f-word could be mistaken for punctuation the way Murphy and Lawrence casually toss it back and forth. In one scene, Ray learns that a woman conspired to cheat him in a poker game and goes out looking for her.
Racial slurs appear frequently as well.
Ray gambles at poker. Flatulence played for laughs. A disturbed inmate commits suicide. As it stands, Life plays down to audience's already gutter-level expectations of Murphy and Lawrence. Their characters generate some sympathy because they've been disrespected for their race, taken advantage of and unjustly imprisoned for murder.