Life (2017 film)

In the near future, an uncrewed space probe returns from Mars to Earth's orbit with soil samples potentially containing evidence of extraterrestrial life. The probe is collected by the International Space Station, where exobiologist Hugh Derry revives a dormant cell that quickly grows into a multi-celled organism; a group of schoolchildren vote to name the organism "Calvin".

An atmosphere change in Calvin's container causes it to enter hibernation. To wake it up, Hugh administers an electric shock. Calvin becomes hostile, wrapping itself around Hugh's hand and crushing it. Calvin escapes its enclosure by fabricating a tool and devours a lab rat, growing in size. Engineer Rory Adams rescues Hugh, but Calvin grabs onto his leg, prompting Dr. Miranda North to seal the lab. After Rory fails to kill Calvin with fire, the organism kills him by forcing itself down his throat and assimilating his organs. It escapes the lab through a vent.

The crew attempts to inform Earth, but the station's communication system shuts down before the entire message can be sent. The station commander, Ekaterina "Kat" Golovkina, performs a spacewalk to find and fix the communications system. Calvin attacks Kat and damages her spacesuit. As her suit fills with coolant, Kat returns to the airlock. Against Dr. David Jordan's wishes, Kat sacrifices herself to keep Calvin out of the station. However Calvin latches on to the station before she drifts into space.

Calvin attempts to re-enter the station through its maneuvering thrusters. The crew fire the thrusters to blast it away, but the loss of fuel causes the station to enter a decaying orbit, where it will burn up when it reenters Earth's atmosphere. Systems tech Sho Murakami suggests using the remaining fuel to get back into a stable orbit, even though it will allow Calvin to re-enter. The crew agree as Hugh says Calvin could potentially survive re-entry. The crew plan to seal themselves in one side of the station and quarantine Calvin in the other before venting the atmosphere to kill Calvin. Unbeknownst to Hugh, who is a paraplegic, Calvin attaches itself to Hugh's leg and uses him to slip out of the quarantined area. The crew discovers Calvin feeding from Hugh after he collapses; as Hugh dies from blood loss, Sho seals himself inside a sleeping pod, while Calvin tries to break inside. David and Miranda use Hugh's corpse as bait to lure Calvin away and trap it.

As they vent the atmosphere from Calvin's area, a spacecraft approaches the space station. Miranda informs David that having received most of the original distress call, the protocol would be for Earth to send a Soyuz spacecraft to push the station into deep space to stop Calvin from reaching Earth. Unaware that the new craft is not a rescue, Sho opens the hatch to the new craft. Calvin follows him and kills the Soyuz's crew, and the airlock between the Soyuz and the space station is breached. Sho sacrifices himself in another attempt to launch Calvin into space. The Soyuz disconnects and crashes into the space station, knocking it back into a decaying orbit.

David and Miranda try to trap Calvin in an escape pod. Once inside, David will pilot the pod containing Calvin into deep space, allowing Miranda to return to Earth in the other pod. David leads Calvin into his pod by baiting it with oxygen sticks and launches into space. As Miranda launches her pod, she records a black box message to warn Earth of Calvin's intelligence and deadliness. Both pods are hit by debris from the damaged Soyuz. One pod ends up landing in the south Pacific Ocean and is found by Vietnamese fishermen, while the other pod flies away from Earth into deep space. The fishermen look inside the pod's window to see Calvin enveloping David in the entirety of the pod's interior. Miranda screams in horror as her out-of-control pod drifts away from Earth. The unsuspecting fishermen open the pod's hatch door despite David's pleas not to.

• Jake Gyllenhaal as Dr. David Jordan, USA, ISS medical officer.{{cite web |url=https://www.space.com/36185-life-movie-jake-gyllenhaal-aliens.html |title='Life' Star Jake Gyllenhaal Fears No Aliens |last=Weitering |first=Hanneke |date=March 23, 2017 |work=Space.com |publisher=Purch |access-date=June 7, 2018}}
• Rebecca Ferguson as Dr. Miranda North, UK, CDC quarantine officer.{{cite web |url=http://nordic.businessinsider.com/how-swedish-actress-rebecca-ferguson-went-from-mission-impossible-scene-stealer-to-the-star-of-life-2017-3/ |title=How Swedish actress Rebecca Ferguson went from 'Mission: Impossible' scene-stealer to the star of 'Life' |last=Guerrasio |first=Jason |date=March 23, 2017 |work=Business Insider |access-date=June 7, 2018 |archive-date=March 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331071010/https://nordic.businessinsider.com/how-swedish-actress-rebecca-ferguson-went-from-mission-impossible-scene-stealer-to-the-star-of-life-2017-3/ |url-status=dead }}
• Ryan Reynolds as Rory Adams, USA, ISS engineer.{{cite web |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ryan-reynolds-astronaut-reveals-childhood-dreams-life-bonus-clip-exclusive-162526412.html |title=Ryan Reynolds' Astronaut Reveals Childhood Dreams in 'Life' Bonus Clip |last=Schager |first=Nick |date=June 19, 2017 |work=Yahoo! Entertainment |access-date=June 7, 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://www.refinery29.com/2017/03/146906/life-ryan-reynolds-character-storyline |title=Can We Talk About Ryan Reynolds' Story Line In Life? |last=Baila |first=Morgan |date=March 24, 2017 |work=Refinery29 |access-date=June 7, 2018}}
• Hiroyuki Sanada as Sho Murakami, Japan, ISS systems engineer.{{cite magazine |last=Hughes |first=Mark |date=April 14, 2017 |title='Life' Star Hiroyuki Sanada Talks Sci-Fi, Horror, And 'Venom' Sequel Potential |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes/2017/04/14/life-star-hiroyuki-sanada-talks-sci-fi-horror-and-venom-sequel-potential/#3581277660b9 |access-date=June 7, 2018|magazine=Forbes}}
• Ariyon Bakare as Dr. Hugh Derry, UK, ISS exobiologist.{{cite magazine |last=Bakare |first=Ariyon |author-link=Ariyon Bakare |date=March 30, 2017 |title=The Meaning of Life |url=http://www.theweek.co.uk/83109/ariyon-bakare-the-meaning-of-life |publisher=Felix Dennis |access-date=June 7, 2018 |magazine=The Week}}
• Olga Dihovichnaya as Ekaterina "Kat" Golovkina, Russia, ISS Mission Commander.{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/life-characters-ryan-reynolds-jake-gyllenhaal/ |title=Life Character Breakdown: Meet the Astronauts |last=Shaw-Williams |first=Hannah |date=January 23, 2017 |work=Screen Rant |access-date=June 7, 2018}}
• Naoko Mori as Kazumi, Sho Murakami's wife.

On November 18, 2015, Deadline Hollywood reported that Daniel Espinosa would direct a film set in space and titled Life, from a script from Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese, which Skydance Media financing and producing, with David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Bonnie Curtis, and Julie Lynn.{{cite news |last1=Jaafar |first1=Ali |title=Daniel Espinosa To Direct 'Life' For David Ellison's Skydance |url=https://deadline.com/2015/11/daniel-espinosa-to-direct-life-david-ellison-skydance-terminator-mission-impossible-tom-cruise-jack-reacher-star-trek-1201628859/ |access-date=April 10, 2016 |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=November 18, 2015 |language=en-US}} Paramount Pictures was circling to handle the distribution rights to the film, though the deal was not confirmed. On January 28, 2016, Rebecca Ferguson came on board to star in the film,{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/rebecca-ferguson-to-star-in-skydances-life-exclusive-1201666178/ |title=Rebecca Ferguson to Star in Skydance's Sci-fi Pic 'Life' (EXCLUSIVE) |last1=Kroll |first1=Justin |date=January 28, 2016 |work=Variety |access-date=January 29, 2016 |publisher=Penske Media Corporation}} and Ryan Reynolds subsequently joined, on February 16, 2016.{{cite news |last1=Fleming |first1=Mike Jr. |title='Deadpool' Star Ryan Reynolds Orbiting Mars Mission Thriller 'Life' For Skydance Productions |url=https://deadline.com/2016/02/deadpool-ryan-reynolds-life-skydance-productions-mars-mission-rebecca-ferguson-1201702952/ |access-date=April 10, 2016 |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=February 16, 2016|language=en-US}} On March 10, 2016, Jake Gyllenhaal was cast in the film.{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/jake-gyllenhaal-ryan-reynolds-rebecca-ferguson-life-1201723170/ |title=Jake Gyllenhaal Joins Ryan Reynolds, Rebecca Ferguson in 'Life' (EXCLUSIVE) |last1=Kroll |first1=Justin |date=March 10, 2016 |work=Variety |access-date=March 12, 2016 |publisher=Penske Media Corporation}} On March 15, 2016, Sony Pictures signed on to handle the worldwide distribution rights and co-finance the film, with Skydance.{{cite news |last1=Fleming |first1=Mike Jr. |title=Sony To Co-Fi, Distrib Skydance Mars Pic 'Life;' Ryan Reynolds, Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson Star |url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/life-sony-pictures-ryan-reynolds-jake-gyllenhaal-rebecca-ferguson-mars-movie-1201721022/ |access-date=April 10, 2016 |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=March 15, 2016|language=en-US}} On June 23, 2016, Hiroyuki Sanada was cast to play one of the members of the International Space Station crew,{{cite news |last1=Pedersen |first1=Erik |title=Taylor John Smith Dives Into 'Hunter Killer'; Hiroyuki Sanada Gets 'Life' |url=https://deadline.com/2016/06/taylor-john-smith-hunter-killer-hiroyuki-sanada-life-1201778567/ |access-date=June 25, 2016 |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=June 24, 2016}} and on July 19, 2016, The Hollywood Reporter wrote that Olga Dihovichnaya and Ariyon Bakare were also cast in the film, playing other crew members.{{cite news |last1=Kit |first1=Borys |title=Jake Gyllenhaal Sci-Fi Thriller 'Life' Adds Two |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/jake-gyllenhaal-sci-fi-thriller-912584 |access-date=July 25, 2016 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=July 19, 2016}} One scene in the trailer for the film features a recycled shot from the 2007 movie, Spider-Man 3.{{cite news |url=https://www.polygon.com/2017/3/14/14926538/spider-man-3-footage-life-trailer |title=Spider-Man 3 footage is being used in the trailer for the upcoming space movie, Life |last1=Alexander |first1=Julia |date=March 14, 2017 |work=Polygon |access-date=September 5, 2017 |publisher=Vox Media}}

Principal photography on the film began at London's Shepperton Studios on July 19, 2016. To emulate the lack of gravity, the actors were suspended by wires that were erased in post-production. Most of the visual effects were handled by Double Negative,{{cite web |url=http://www.artofvfx.com/life-huw-evans-vfx-supervisor-double-negative/ |title=LIFE: Huw Evans – VFX Supervisor – Double Negative |work=Art of VFX |first=Vincent |last=Frei |date= April 26, 2017 |access-date=January 6, 2018}} aside from the eight-minute long take that opens the movie, which was created by Industrial Light & Magic using the ISS model sculpted by Double Negative.{{cite web |url=http://www.artofvfx.com/life-mark-bakowski-vfx-supervisor-industrial-light-magic/ |title=LIFE: Mark Bakowski – VFX Supervisor – Industrial Light & Magic |work=Art of VFX |first=Vincent |last=Frei |date= April 25, 2017 |access-date=January 6, 2018}} That scene was described by Daniel Espinosa as "the inverse version of Gravity. Gravity looks at the vastness of space through the oner. I wanted to look at the claustrophobia." Espinosa said that Life was "shot to make a science fiction movie that ties into this other great American genre, which is noir", with the death of the most charismatic character that seems to be the protagonist—using Psycho as an example, Espinosa explained that "Ryan [Reynolds] became my Janet Leigh"—and a downer ending.{{cite news |url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/life-movie-ending-director-alien-calvin-going-earth-988702 |title='Life' Director on the Ending He Insisted Couldn't Be Changed |work=The Hollywood Reporter| date=March 25, 2017| first=Aaron |last=Couch |access-date=January 6, 2018 }}

Composer Jon Ekstrand wrote his sixth score while working with Espinosa. Ekstrand aimed to create an "atonal-horror score with some melodic elements", mostly focused on orchestral music while opening with "more melodic and classical cinematic" tones to not give away the horror trappings early on.{{cite web |url=https://milanrecords.com/6-questions-jon-ekstrand-composer-life/ |title=6 questions with Jon Ekstrand – composer of LIFE |last=Chamboredon |first=J.C. |date=March 24, 2017 |website=Milan Records |access-date=January 6, 2018}} Espinosa specifically told Ekstrand to seek a sound reminiscent of Bernard Herrmann, with some influence from Khachaturian to reference the music from 2001: A Space Odyssey (Gayaneh’s Adagio, used for long shots of the Discovery heading towards Jupiter).

Life was released by Columbia Pictures on March 24, 2017, after being moved up from its previously announced release date of May 26, 2017, to avoid competition with Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and Alien: Covenant, the latter of which had moved up its release date from August 4, 2017, to May 19, 2017.{{cite news |url=https://deadline.com/2016/12/warner-bros-makes-2017-schedule-changes-to-king-arthur-chips-annabelle-2-more-1201865708/ |title=Warner Bros. Makes 2017 Date Changes To 'King Arthur', 'CHiPS', 'Annabelle 2' & More |work=Deadline Hollywood |first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro |date=December 6, 2016 |access-date=December 16, 2016}}{{cite news |url=https://deadline.com/2016/08/ryan-reynolds-life-pirates-of-the-caribbean-5-memorial-day-weekend-box-office-1201802546/ |title=Seth Rogen-Bill Hader-Zach Galifianakis Astronaut Comedy Moves Off Release Schedule |work=Deadline Hollywood |first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro |date=August 19, 2016 |access-date=December 16, 2016}} Life had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 18, 2017.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/jake-gyllenhaal-ryan-reynolds-life-sxsw-1201993838/ |title=Jake Gyllenhaal, Ryan Reynolds' Space Thriller 'Life' to Close SXSW |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=February 22, 2017 |website=Variety |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |access-date=February 22, 2017}}

In March 2017, it was noted that stock footage of a crowd reacting to Spider-Man catching Gwen Stacy from Spider-Man 3{{'}}s B-roll was used in a trailer for Life.{{Cite web |url=https://gizmodo.com/the-new-life-trailer-is-terrifying-partially-because-i-1793262013 |title=The New Life Trailer Is Terrifying, Partially Because It Has Spider-Man 3 Footage In It |first=Germain |last=Lussier |date=March 14, 2017 |website=Gizmodo}} This announcement led to theories that Life was secretly an origin story for the symbiote featured in Spider-Man 3,{{Cite web |url=https://www.inverse.com/article/29166-life-ryan-reynolds-venom-marvel-universe-split-unbreakable |title=Marvel Fans Think 'Life' with Ryan Reynolds Is a Venom Movie |first=Eric |last=Francisco |date=March 16, 2017 |website=Inverse}}{{Cite web |url=https://movieweb.com/life-trailer-recycles-spider-man-3-footage/ |title=Did This 'Life' Trailer Just Recycle 'Spider-Man 3' Footage? |date=March 15, 2017 |website=Movieweb}} a theory made more popular by the announcement of a Venom film shortly afterwards, and that Life{{'}}s screenwriters, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, had previously written a Venom script.{{Cite web |url=https://movieweb.com/life-movie-2017-fan-theory-spider-man-spin-off-venom/ |title=Is 'Life' Actually a Prequel to 'Spider-Man' Spin-Off 'Venom'? |date=March 16, 2017 |website=Movieweb}}{{Cite web |url=https://gizmodo.com/sony-just-randomly-announced-a-venom-movie-will-be-out-1793351904 |title=Sony Just Randomly Announced a Venom Movie Will Be Out Next Year (UPDATED) |first=Germain |last=Lussier |date=March 16, 2017 |website=Gizmodo}} When asked about the rumor, Daniel Espinosa confirmed that he was a fan of Venom.{{cite web |url=http://collider.com/life-venom-prequel-daniel-espinosa/ |title=Life Director Addresses Those Venom Prequel Rumors |last=Weintraub |first=Steve 'Frosty' |website=Collider |date=March 18, 2017 |access-date=June 13, 2017}} Jake Gyllenhaal later portrayed Mysterio in the 2019 Marvel Cinematic Universe film Spider-Man: Far From Home. Espinosa went on to direct Morbius, based on the Spider-Man character. In February 2017, Skydance Interactive announced a VR tie-in promo to the film along with their first game Archangel.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/skydance-interactive-debuts-life-vr-archangel-virtual-reality-experiences-975955/|title=Skydance Interactive Debuts 'Life VR,' 'Archangel' Virtual Reality Experiences|first1=Carolyn|last1=Giardina|website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=February 14, 2017|accessdate=December 30, 2022}}

Life grossed $30.2 million in the United States and Canada and $70.3 million in other territories for a worldwide gross of $100.5 million, against a production budget of $58 million.

In North America, Life opened alongside Power Rangers, CHiPs, and Wilson, and was projected to gross $12–17 million from 3,146 theaters during its opening weekend.{{cite news |url=https://thewrap.com/can-power-rangers-slay-disneys-beast-box-office/ |title=Can 'Power Rangers' Slay Disney's 'Beast' at the Box Office? |work=TheWrap |first=Jeremy |last=Fuster |date=March 21, 2017 |access-date=January 6, 2018}} It ended up debuting to $12.6 million, finishing 4th at the box office, behind Beauty and the Beast, Power Rangers, and Kong: Skull Island.{{cite news |url=https://deadline.com/2017/03/beauty-and-the-beast-power-rangers-life-chips-weekend-box-office-1202050843/ |title=Family-Branded Films On Fire At The B.O.: 'Beauty And The Beast' Embraces $81M; 'Power Rangers' Mighty With $42M+ |first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro |date=March 26, 2017 |work=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=March 26, 2017}} In its second weekend, the film grossed $5.5 million, dropping to 8th at the box office.{{cite news |url=https://deadline.com/2017/04/ghost-in-the-shell-scarlett-johansson-boss-baby-beauty-and-the-beast-weekend-box-office-1202056616/ |title='Boss Baby' Cleans 'Beauty And The Beast's Clock With $51M+ Opening; 'Ghost' Shell-Shocked At $20M+ |work=Deadline Hollywood |first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro |date=April 2, 2017 |access-date=April 2, 2017 }}

On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 68% based on 261 reviews and an average rating of 6/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Life is just thrilling, well-acted, and capably filmed enough to overcome an overall inability to add new wrinkles to the trapped-in-space genre."{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/life_2017 |title=Life (2017) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango |access-date=September 19, 2018}} On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 54 out of 100, based on reviews from 44 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.{{cite web |url=https://metacritic.com/movie/life-2017 |title=Life Reviews |work=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive |access-date=March 31, 2017}} Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C+" on an A+ to F scale,{{cite tweet |user=CinemaScore |number=845504360624914432 |title=The grade is IN! @LifeMovie received a C+ #cinemascore grade. http://www.cinemascore.com |date=March 24, 2017 |access-date=April 10, 2017}} while PostTrak reported 48% of audience members gave the film a "definite recommend".

Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal said of the film, "For all its flashy trappings, weighty ruminations and zero-gravity floatings aboard the International Space Station, Life turns out to be another variant of Alien, though without the grungy horror and grim fun. In space no one can hear you snore."{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/life-review-from-a-single-cell-growth-and-regression-1490298927 |title='Life' Review: From a Single Cell, Growth and Regression |last1=Morgenstern |first1=Joe |date=March 23, 2017 |work=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=April 1, 2019}} Describing the theme of outer space, Ben Kenigsberg of The New York Times said "As the astronauts contend with airlocks, busted equipment and escape pods, it becomes increasingly difficult to pretend that this isn't territory where more inventive screenwriters and stronger visual stylists have gone before."{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/movies/life-review-jake-gyllenhaal-ryan-reynolds.html |title=Review: In 'Life,' Extraterrestrial Fun, Until Someone Gets Hurt |last1=Kenigsberg |first1=Ben |date=March 23, 2017 |work=The New York Times |access-date=April 1, 2019}} Peter Travers of Rolling Stone faulted not the scenes but the performances, saying there was "not a single actor in Life who manages to fill in and humanize the blank space where a character should be."{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/peter-travers-life-movie-review-a-doa-alien-rip-off-w472872 |title='Life' Review: This A-List 'Alien' Rip-Off Is Seriously D.O.A. |last1=Travers |first1=Peter |date=March 23, 2017 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=April 1, 2019}}

Michael O'Sullivan of The Washington Post approved of these character flaws, saying the "conflicting dynamics of their individual temperaments lead occasionally to poor decision-making. While this may be bad for their health, it's great for the movie," adding that "Life has cool effects, real suspense and a sweet twist. It ain't rocket science, but it does what it does well—even, one might say, with a kind of genius."{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/life-is-no-picnic-for-a-crew-of-astronauts-but-a-real-treat-for-the-audience/2017/03/23/2ffb97f2-0fd9-11e7-9d5a-a83e627dc120_story.html |title='Life' is no picnic for a crew of astronauts, but a real treat for the audience |last1=O'Sullivan |first1=Michael |date=March 23, 2017 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=April 1, 2019}} Richard Brody of The New Yorker complimented this balance of character and plot from the director, saying "Espinosa's sense of drama is efficient, familiar, and narrow; if there's a moral sentiment to his direction, it's precisely in the limits that he imposes on the movie's dose of pain and gore."{{cite magazine |url=http://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/life-is-full-of-horrors |title="Life" Is Full of Horrors |last1=Brody |first1=Richard |date=March 24, 2017 |magazine=The New Yorker |access-date=April 1, 2019}} Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times opined that Life, with a mise-en-scène of the International Space Station, was "a wonderful setting for a meal we've tasted before," adding that it is "undeniably satisfying to be in the hands of a persuasive director who knows how to slowly ratchet up the tension to a properly unnerving level."{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-life-review-20170323-story.html |title='Alien' Haunts Outer Space Thriller 'Life' |last1=Turan |first1=Kenneth |date=March 24, 2017 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=April 1, 2019}}

Empire summarized their review as "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."{{cite news |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/life-9/review/ |title=Life (2017) Review |last=Pile |first=Jonathan |date=March 21, 2017 |work=Empire Online |access-date=January 6, 2018}}

The survivors' reading of Margaret Wise Brown's children's bedtime story Goodnight Moon drew criticism from Peter Bradshaw, who stated "the crew’s memories of the kids’ bedtime book are supposed to lend a little gentleness and humanity to the film, and a bit of a narrative breather, but this third-act conceit only succeeds in replacing a creeping sense of tiredness with sentimentality."{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/mar/22/life-review-jake-gyllenhaal-ryan-reynolds-alien-space-horror|title=Life review – Jake Gyllenhaal hits the retro rockets for sub-Alien space horror|date=March 22, 2017|website=the Guardian|accessdate=December 30, 2022}} Wendy Ide of The Guardian stated that the reading of the book caused the second act to drag, and was not an improvement.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/mar/26/life-review-jake-gyllenhaal-rebecca-ferguson|title=Life review – exuberantly grisly Alien rip-off|date=March 26, 2017|website=the Guardian|accessdate=December 30, 2022}}

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