Review of Life (2017) by Alex S — 26 Mar 2017

An exciting roller coaster ride that pays homage beautifully to Alien.

This review of Life (2017) was written by Alex S on 26 Mar 2017.

Life has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Quinn R (68) on 14 Jul 2018

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By Kat Hughes (161) for The Hollywood News (161) on 28 Aug 2018

Life is one of those films that really has to be seen on the big screen to truly experience it in all its splendour…

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By Li Lai (99) for Mediaversity Reviews (99) on 31 Oct 2018

The portrayal of women and people of color doesn't outright offend, but their renderings are as watery as the rest of this cinematic oatmeal…

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By Late R (405) on 31 Dec 2018

The cast is fantastic (read: wasted) and it's nicely filmed with some pretty tense scenes, but we've seen this before from other films (it's…

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By Tasty (5) on 17 Aug 2018

Some scenes that weren't in prev sci-fis before. Hired scientists to consult on actual science, thus helping realism…

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By Abbie Bernstein (403) for Assignment X (330) on 27 Aug 2018

Life is not likely to shake up anybody's view of anything, including post-ALIEN space horror, but it works well enough as a genre entry that…

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By Apexrising (5) on 11 Aug 2023

A bad movie, enjoyable only by those who have very, very low standards. I know teenagers who could write a better screenplay…

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By Atticus B (122) on 11 Aug 2018

Meh. It had a good cast with some good acting, but also had terrible choices the characters made…

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By Trace Thurman (81) for Bloody Disgusting (327) on 31 Oct 2018

There's just nothing here that you haven't already seen before in better films…

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By Jes1310 (53) on 04 Feb 2019

Above average sci-fi Flick. Not quite Alien material, but the actors try and are doing and ok job…

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