Life
2017 · Movie · R · 104 min · ★ 6.5 · 61% critics
A space station crew studies a sample from Mars that could be the first proof of life beyond Earth. What begins as a historic scientific breakthrough turns into a tense fight for control when the organism proves far more capable than expected.
Also known as Life (2009)
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Details
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-03-22
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Critic score
- 61/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (7,931 votes)
- Box office
- $100,541,806
- Budget
- $58,000,000
About
You’ll like this if you want a tense, contained space-horror ride like Event Horizon or Prometheus; Not for you if familiar stories, shaky logic, or thin characters ruin the fun.
Pros: tense space thrills; strong visuals; fast pace | Cons: familiar story; logic gaps; thin characters
Themes
- planet mars
- alien life-form
- space
- astronaut
- space station
- intelligent
- trapped in space
- extraterrestrial life
- alien on board
- death of astronaut
- tense
Cast & crew
Jake Gyllenhaal
as Dr. David Jordan
Ryan Reynolds
as Rory Adams
Rebecca Ferguson
as Miranda North
Hiroyuki Sanada
as Sho Murakami
Olga Dihovichnaya
as Ekaterina Golovkina
Ariyon Bakare
as Hugh Derry
Naoko Mori
as Kazumi
Haruka Kuroda
as Doctor
- CW
Camiel Warren-Taylor
as Dominique
Alexandre Nguyen
as 1st Fisherman
Directed by Daniel Espinosa