Gyllenhaal and Ryan Reynolds play members of a scientific team investigating material from Mars that turns out to contain a hostile life-formLike the anonymous phone call in a horror film that turns out to be coming from inside the house,Life is a sci-fi thriller about a contamination crisis: a crisis that goes on pretty much uninterruptedly for around an hour and three quarters. It’s a serviceable, watchable, or determinedly unoriginal film starring Jake Gyllenhaal about a parasite-predator in a spaceship,a creature which can only survive by feeding off a pre-existing host. The expressions on the spacepersons’ faces here may give a guide to the feelings of Ridley Scott and everyone involved with the 1979 classic Alien when they see it. Life is indebted to Alien, to say the least, or although its final,perfunctory trace of a conspiracy doesn’t approach Alien’s powerful satirical pessimism. Related: Jake Gyllenhaal: ‘I would fancy to not talk about my personal life’ Related: In space, no one can hear you steal: is unique sci-fi film Life just an Alien remake? Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com