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Life

R

Released Mar 24, 2017

1 hr. 43 min.

Sci-Fi

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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261 Reviews

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Astronauts (Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds) aboard the International Space Station are on the cutting edge of one of the most important discoveries in human history: the first evidence of extraterrestrial life on Mars. As members of the crew conduct their research, the rapidly evolving life-form proves far more intelligent and terrifying than anyone could have imagined.

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Critics Consensus

Life is just thrilling, well-acted, and capably filmed enough to overcome an overall inability to add new wrinkles to the trapped-in-space genre.

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Roaldo H

This movie makes me want to watch a new one so that I forget how bad this one was ! agh

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/20/24

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Bill H

The movie was an abysmal attempt to merge Gravity with Alien. It should have been called F A I L instead of L I F E. The person at SONY who green lighted this disaster should be U N E M P L O Y E D. The crew of the International Space Station who supposedly are highly trained, logical professionals, instead act like panicky teenagers. It was like watching a feature long version of the ad where instead of getting in the running car, they decide to hide behind the chain saws. The "biologist" didn't act like any biologist I have ever seen. Instead he acts like the school juvenile delinquent left alone with a lab rat. When the alien doesn't react like he wants, he tortures it with electric shocks pissing it off. Speaking of lab rats, they keep cutting to an image of a lab rat restrained in an unethical manner. When the alien escapes due to the biologist's stupidity, the "highly trained" professionals choose the worst manner of dealing with the alien every time. SONY would have been better off destroying every copy of this mess and pretending it didn't exist.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/11/24

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Samuel D

I have been on a Rebecca Ferguson kick lately, so what a better way to continue giving it life by watching Life. What started out as new discovery, and potential for endless possibilities in the realm of science quickly became a living nightmare. Life is a sci-fi film with an ample amount of horror starring Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhaal. This film has some pretty stunning visuals all throughout and the CGI work was pretty top notch in my opinion. Life starts off a bit slow introducing you to each character and laying the foundation to what will be an intense and heart pounding hour and 30 minutes. However, once things pick up, it will leave you holding your breath while also gasping for air. The cast all worked so well together and truly felt like a cohesive unit. At no point did one star outshine the other. As many of you may already know I'm not necessarily a huge horror fan, but I have been trying to dabble a little into the horror genre and this film was a welcomed entry. A little fun fact about this film is that when it first came out many joked around and said that this was a prequel to the Venom films And some even believed that the trailer had footage from the Amazing Spider-Man 2. Lastly, Life definitely taught me that sometimes things are better left undiscovered and unknown. I am going to rate this film a 5 out of 5

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/01/24

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Me D

Well acted and keeps you on your toes at all times.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/20/24

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g j

It's... derivative of Alien? So? Does that mean we can't ever have a film with dinosaurs in it ever again, since Jurassic Park already did that? Life is a very good sci-fi horror about an alien. Calvin loose in a zero-G environment is one of the scariest movie monsters I've ever seen.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/30/24

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Ben W

Simply put, just a nice little alien horror movie! Not amazing in any single department, but just good all around, ending is a nice touch as well.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/29/24

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Daniel Espinosa

Director

Jake Gyllenhaal

David Jordan

Rebecca Ferguson

Miranda North

Ryan Reynolds

Rory Adams

Hiroyuki Sanada

Sho Murakami

Ariyon Bakare

Hugh Derry

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Life: Official Clip - On the Hunt

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Life: Official Clip- Alien Handshake

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Life: Official Clip - I Trust You

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Life: Official Clip - Face to Face

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Life: Official Clip - He Has to Kill Us

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Life: Official Clip - No Rescue

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Life: Official Clip - Keeping Calvin Out

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Life: Official Clip - Extraterrestrial Life

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Life: Official Clip - Escape to Earth

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Life: Official Clip - Calvin Comes Out

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

This sci-fi shocker sticks closely to the Alien playbook, down to the intimately acquainted, flatly characterized crew and the scenes of chaos, panic, and overlapping dialogue.

Mar 26, 2020

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Kristen Lopez

Culturess

It's familiar comfort food for those in need of gory goodness.

Nov 20, 2017

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Valerie Complex

Affinity Magazine

When compared to the cast of Alien, the ISS team isn't well-textured, developed, or likable.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 10, 2017

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

I’m sure some of its logic could be picked apart if you’re into that kind of thing, but I enjoyed it as a taut, white-knuckle space thriller that looks great and absolutely nails it’s ending. That’s enough for me.

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 23, 2022

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Aside from a few nerve-racking moments and, generally, professional production values, the film's derivative quality and deficient innovations create a run-of-the-mill outcome.

Rated: 2.5/4

Apr 4, 2022

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Drew Dietsch

FANDOM

Tense action, tight direction, and a B-movie spirit make Life a fun time at the movies.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 29, 2021

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Synopsis

Astronauts (Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds) aboard the International Space Station are on the cutting edge of one of the most important discoveries in human history: the first evidence of extraterrestrial life on Mars. As members of the crew conduct their research, the rapidly evolving life-form proves far more intelligent and terrifying than anyone could have imagined.

Director: Daniel Espinosa
Executive Producer: Don Granger, Vicki Dee Rock
Screenwriter: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Columbia Pictures, Skydance Productions
Rating: R (Some Sci-Fi Violence|Language Throughout|Terror)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 24, 2017, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 2, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $30.2M
Sound Mix: DTS, Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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