“Life” could not have been an enormous hit when it landed in theaters in 2017, however a number of years later it is discovering new life on Prime Video. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Ryan Reynolds, the sci-fi horror movie has climbed to the highest of the streaming charts, coming in at No. 4, and truthfully, it deserves this second probability. Written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, the forged of “Life” additionally contains Rebecca Ferguson, Emmy-winning “Shōgun” star Hiroyuki Sanada, Olga Dihovichnaya, and Ariyon Bakare. Alongside Gyllenhaal and Reynolds, they play astronauts on the Worldwide House Station who make contact with an alien lifeform. Sadly, this little nibbler is not the pleasant form and shortly exterminates the crew one after the other, leaving the survivors to do every thing they’ll to forestall it from returning to Earth.
Our personal Jacob Corridor described “Life” as “an old school B-Film dressed up like a blockbuster,” with a terrific creature on the middle of this function. At occasions paying homage to the likes of “Alien” and “The Factor,” the Daniel Espinosa-directed movie retains you hooked due to the star energy that’s failing miserably at conserving this monster at bay. This could possibly be any fundamental band of spacewalkers daring to poke the beastie with a stick, however as a result of it is Gyllenhaal, Reynolds, and crew making an attempt to cease the starfish-like house invader, it makes for a far higher watch than it must be.
It additionally turns into a fair higher viewing when you comply with the headcanon created by armies of comedian guide film followers when the movie was initially launched, simply earlier than a sure Marvel antihero made his solo spin-off debut.
Life nonetheless works as a prequel to Venom, trustworthy
Main as much as and through its launch, an concept emerged that “Life” was secretly linked to one among Sony’s upcoming comedian guide variations of that point: “Venom.” With out delving an excessive amount of into spoiler territory (sure, it is that good we do not need to spoil an eight-year-old movie), a Reddit concept proposed that “Life” was a prequel to “Venom,” which arrived the next 12 months. Including gas to this fan-driven hypothesis was the truth that the writers of the sci-fi movie additionally penned a “Venom” script that Sony handed on. “Life” even featured a crowd clip from “Spider-Man 3,” solely stirring up additional hypothesis that it could possibly be the neatest franchise kickstarter Sony might ever hope for. It wasn’t, however Reese and Wernick themselves did love the thought.
“Hastily, somebody’s on the market going, ‘Bing! Lightbulb!'” Wernick advised ComicBook.com. Reese even agreed that the movie would’ve made a terrific prequel. “It will, would not it?” he stewed with the location, with Reese packing up his writing companion. “That is the symbiote! Eddie Brock’s on Earth. The symbiote’s on Earth, finds Eddie Brock. He realizes he can conceal on the within of a human.”
Certain, it may not be official, however you’ll be able to go forward and preserve the headcanon that “Life” is a prequel to “Venom” in any case — and one of the best Sony “Spider-Man” universe film we by no means obtained.
