Life (2017)

""Life's" a thrill when it's smart, but it's even more exciting when the characters are dumb - which is ultimately a paradox the film wears proudly, to the possible extinction of the human race."

"How this by-the-numbers sci-fi horror managed to blast free of the DVD bin and engage A-list stars like Jake Gyllenhaal and Ryan Reynolds is hard to figure out."

"It’s a serviceable, watchable, determinedly unoriginal film..."

"A taut but puzzling space thriller."

"It's not a good sign when you can sum up a sci-fi thriller in one word: meh."

"The picture struggles to find a satisfying rhythm as the members of this multinational, co-ed team get slooshed up by Calvin or suffer related lethal mishaps."

"Life is a solid SF thriller that never manages to elevate itself into the realms of the truly memorable."

"Part Alien, part Gravity, just not as good as either of them. But Life whips along at a decent pace and deploys enough engaging action sequences to make it work."