Review of Life (2017) by Tryasummersault — 25 Mar 2017

4.5/5 The idiots that keep calling this "an alien ripoff" are mindless. Minor similarities in visuals and themes and actually Life had way more going for it overall. One of the most intriguing and suspenseful sci/fi horror's of all time with one of the most incredibly brilliant alien creatures of all time.

I know that the trailers make this appear to be another (cliche alien attacks a space crew horror film) with a big name cast of Reynolds and Gyllenhall, but this film is much more than that, and its intricacies and smart visual terrors blew my expectations away.

It's wondrous space setting looks absolutely glorious within the ship and out of it into the galactic horizon with marvelous visuals that any sci/fi fan will love. The story is rather straightforward in the beginning with a group of 6 scientists on a mission to discover life on mars, and once they do it's all downhill from there, and it's an absolute thrill ride full of grim space trauma that you cant turn away from.

The true star of this film is the actual alien creature that has to be one of the most perplexing and creatively cool aliens portrayed in any film. It was a genius evolving force to be reckoned with that wreaked bloody havoc in some of the most aesthetically pleasing brutal fashion I've seen.

While you felt bad for the crew members dying, you also were amazed in the ways this alien resiliently executed them with its extreme ingenuity. The creature design/cgi of this particular alien takes influences from others we've seen in the past, but looked so awesome and satisfying and utterly terrifying in which it moved/killed/thought.

It's easily up there with my other favorite aliens in film. Overall the acting was pretty standard though fitting and convincing enough for this type of film but did get better in the crucial last important act when more was on the line.

There are some amazingly innovative twists that will leave you mind blown and disturbed simultaneously and definitely stick with you after the film. All in all I enjoyed this film way more than I anticipated and would strongly recommend for any sci/fi fan or just movie fan in general to see this.

What a year for films 2017 has already been!!! Split, Wick 2, Kong, Life.