In my never ending search for great SciFi I watched Life, where the plot is the never ending search for new life forms. Astronauts are on a mission to collect a satellite returning from Mars and then analyze soil contents in a space station orbiting Earth. They discover an organism and name it Calvin. Rejoice people of Earth,you are not alone in the Universe. What could go wrong with this clunker of a movie? Well for starters it was made. Spoiler alert.......
This movie is nicely filmed. The weightless sequences are great and having a Astronaut with a disability was a smart move but....
So many things about this movie reminded me about Alien/Aliens and maybe that's the problem. We've all seen this plot again and again now for 30+ years.
From the growth of the alien, to the creature entering it's victim's mouth, to the flame throwers and locking down hatch doors all that was missing was an exploding stomach and a cameo from Sigourney Weaver. But wait, there's more...
Calvin apparently is a super creature capable of living in the vacuum of space and without oxygen......but then it gets cold in the ship?
Calvin is living on Hugh's leg but doesn't kill him?
The rescue pods go in different directions???? David lives?????? Vietnam hasn't suffered enough??????????
For free this movie is an OK watch but nothing more.
"The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do."
This movie is nicely filmed. The weightless sequences are great and having a Astronaut with a disability was a smart move but....
So many things about this movie reminded me about Alien/Aliens and maybe that's the problem. We've all seen this plot again and again now for 30+ years.
From the growth of the alien, to the creature entering it's victim's mouth, to the flame throwers and locking down hatch doors all that was missing was an exploding stomach and a cameo from Sigourney Weaver. But wait, there's more...
Calvin apparently is a super creature capable of living in the vacuum of space and without oxygen......but then it gets cold in the ship?
Calvin is living on Hugh's leg but doesn't kill him?
The rescue pods go in different directions???? David lives?????? Vietnam hasn't suffered enough??????????
For free this movie is an OK watch but nothing more.
"The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do."
