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A team of scientists aboard the International Space Station discover a rapidly evolving life form that caused extinction on Mars and now threatens all life on Earth.

A team of scientists aboard the International Space Station discover a rapidly evolving life form that caused extinction on Mars and now threatens all life on Earth. (less)

Director: Daniel Espinosa
Writers: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ariyon Bakare, Olga Dihovichnaya
Producer: David Ellison

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Review by Brian Orndorf, March 24, 2017

6 / 10

It�s uncomfortable timing to have �Life� debut in the same year as the prequel �Alien: Covenant,� as it takes a remarkable amount of mojo from Ridley Scott�s original 1979 �Alien� creation. It doesn�t simply pinch outer space horror, but creature motivation, claustrophobic spaces, and combative characters. Helping to separate the picture from its obvious inspiration is a tone of real-world space exploration, combining a NASA procedural adventure with a grisly horror event, keeping director Daniel Espinosa (�Safe House,� �Child 44�) busy managing intricate science and engineering and the essent ...read more...

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