LIFE (2017) MOVIE NEWS & REVIEW

LIFE (2017) movie

Genre              |   Science Fiction

Classification   |   MA 15+

Running time   |   104 minutes

Released         |   23 March 2017

cast

Jake Gyllenhaal ... David Jordan
Rebecca Ferguson ... Miranda North
Ryan Reynolds ... Rory Adams
Hiroyuki Sanada ... Sho Murakami

director

Daniel Espinosa

writer

​Rhett Reese ... (written by) &
Paul Wernick ... (written by)

cinematographer

​Seamus McGarvey

music

​Jon Ekstrand

film editor

​Mary Jo Markey
Frances Parker

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box office result

Worldwide             $100,541,806   

Australia                 $​​​3,144,651

North America       $​​​30,234,022

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the best dialogue

Rory Adams: I miss my fucking dog. Goodnight.

​Rory Adams: This is some Re-Animator shit.
Ekaterina Golovkina: That's a very obscure reference.
Hugh Derry: Not for a nerd.
Rory Adams: Not if you're a nerd.

Hugh Derry: Do you like peas?

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LIFE (2017) STORY 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.
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LIFE (2017) MOVIE REVIEW

Reviewed by Mark Geraghty   |   Review date 22 March 2017
​Pop Movee Rating ⭐⭐½

A thriller about an alien life form running rampant aboard a futuristic space station that combines horror action with science fiction settings. It’s a surprise that this kind of a film hasn’t been done before… Wait a minute, I think Director Daniel Espinosa might having a lend of everyone. Life has been made, quite literally, hundreds of times previously, but there’s no better example than Ridley Scott’s 1979 Alien. In any other year, Espinosa, along with Deadpool scribes Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, may have successfully helicoptered Life into cinemas and gotten away with it. Unfortunately, 2017 is not their year. Responding to the issues that franchise fans felt made Prometheus a flawed entry into the Alien franchise, Ridley Scott is only a few weeks away from releasing a new Xenomorph-headlined film into cinemas with Alien: Covenant. Scott has definitely upped the ante with his new Alien entry and has been keen make the press aware that he has returned to the original film’s Horror focus and there’s more on the way. Life will, without a doubt, be first, compared and then, dismissed, as genre fans seek to embrace Alien: Covenant.

s that fair? Probably not. By comparison to the aforementioned “hundreds” of other alien stalker films, Life is well above average. The headline cast are exceptionally strong performers. The visual effects are Gravity-like in terms of their authenticity. Espinosa shows he has continued to develop as a Director, handling both the talent and the technical requirements with aplomb. Ninety-nine per cent of Life features zero-gravity scenes, so it’s a great feat by the Director and Cinematographer Seamus McGarvey to do so much more with the camera than what Alfonso Cuaron and his DP Emmanuel Lubezki in Gravity. (It would be remiss not to single out McGarvey, who I roundly criticized for the style he chose to adopt on The Avengers. His work on the recent Nocturnal Animals and Life has been first-rate, bringing unique, interesting visual perspectives to both films.) Life’s major problem is its story. The First Act is impressive. The Second Act is not quite as good, but positions the film for a strong finish.The Final Act is a shocker, and I don’t mean in a good way. The plot collapses under the silliness of the crew’s actions, as each character is set-up as fodder for the ever-evolving alien life form, dubbed “Calvin” near the beginning of the movie, when it’s just a microorganism in a petri dish!

​If it weren’t for the cast, Life would be forgotten as soon as viewers exited the cinema. How the film came to be in possession of such a fine troupe of actors is anybody’s guess. The Ryan Reynolds, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick connection seems pretty clear, but what is Jake Gyllenhaal doing in this movie? Make no mistake, he’s a great actor. He never over-reaches and he has a childlike wonder dancing across his face that makes him easy to watch. In Life, those skills seem wasted. It sounds strange, but he suffers from the same issue Tom Hiddleston came up against on Kong: Skull Island. He’s meant to be the leading man, but he serves more as a function of plot than a genuine character. Likewise, Rebecca Ferguson. Her role is all exposition. She is the “Narrator” of Life, knowing more than her fellow crew mates and, only at the end, letting on that she and the audience knew there were going to be some problems with this particular science mission from the get-go! Like the man once said, “Nobody likes a smartarse!” The saving grace for Life will come down to its budget. At $58 million it’s a cost-contained enterprise that will, more than likely, spawn a sequel if it clocks in anywhere north of $200 million in global box office receipts. Does it deserve one? No. The poster for Life states “WE WERE BETTER OFF ALONE”. This is advice that should be well heeded.

LIFE MOVIE (2017) USEFUL LINKS

​Life (2017) - IMDb
​Life (2017 film) - Wikipedia
Life (2017) - Rotten Tomatoes

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