{"id":15473,"date":"2017-06-20T19:47:33","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T02:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=15473"},"modified":"2017-06-20T19:48:10","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T02:48:10","slug":"review-life-uhd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2017\/06\/review-life-uhd\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Life 4K\/BD + Screen Caps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Life<\/em><\/strong> was one of the bigger disappointments for me this year with a respectable cast and interesting, if not familiar, story that clearly took cues from Ridley Scott\u2019s Alien<\/em>. But while the execution was okay, though I didn\u2019t find anything all that\u2019s suspenseful, the script was a mess and perhaps a good re-write could\u2019ve made a difference.<\/p>\n

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Life<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Science Fiction, Horror
\nSony | R \u2013 104 min. \u2013 $45.99 | June 20, 2017<\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 06\/20\/2017 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n

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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Daniel Espinosa
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick (written by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ariyon Bakare, Olga Dihovichnaya<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Featurettes, Deleted Scenes
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>Yes
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>4K, Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio (4K): <\/strong>English (Dolby Atmos\/TrueHD 7.1), Czech (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), German (Dolby Digital 5.1), Hungarian (Dolby Digital 5.1), Italian (Dolby Digital 5.1), Polish VO (Dolby Digital 5.1), Portuguese (Dolby Digital 5.1), Russian (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1), Thai (Dolby Digital 5.1), Turkish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
\nAudio (BD): <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 7.1), French (DTS-HD MA 5.1), Portuguese (DTS-HD MA 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1), Thai (Dolby Digital 5.1)
\nVideo (4K): <\/strong>2160p\/Widescreen 2.39 | Video (BD): <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.39
\nSubtitles (4K): <\/strong>English SDH, English, Arabic, Cantonese, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai
\nSubtitles (BD): <\/strong>English SDH, English, Cantonese, Chinese, French, Indonesian, Korean, Malay\/Bahasa Malaysia, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Turkish
\nCodec (4K): <\/strong>HEVC \/ H.265 | Codec (BD): <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A, B, C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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THE MOVIE \u2014 2.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Note: <\/strong>This review contains MAJOR PLOT SPOILERS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

There have been numerous copycats of Ridley Scott\u2019s Alien<\/em> and it\u2019s a rather simple formula to follow. But beyond the blueprint of being trapped in space with a horrible creature hunting you, at the very least Alien<\/em> had smart, well-round characters, to go along with some genuinely tense scenes. Daniel Espinosa\u2019s Life<\/em><\/strong> has none of those things making for a frustratingly bad movie.<\/p>\n

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The movie takes place on the International Space Station (ISS) as a group of scientists each representing different countries: Dr. David Jordan (JAKE GYLLENHAAL), Miranda North (REBECCA FERGUSON), Rory Adams (RYAN REYNOLDS), Sho Mirakami (HIROYUKI SANADA), Hugh Derry (ARIYON BAKARE) and Ekaterina Golovkina (OLGA DIHOVICHNAYA). They are a part of a Mars mission and receive an unmanned shuttle containing soil samples from the red planet.<\/p>\n

Doing some scientific things, Hugh manages to extract a seemingly dormant organism, which they name Calvin, which begins to adapt and eventually manages to ultimately escape containment. With every attempt to capture\/kill Calvin, it only grows stronger and the race is on to not only survive, but make sure it never gets to Earth.<\/p>\n

At its core, Life<\/em><\/strong> is at least a refreshingly simple film and if it were just that, I actually think this would\u2019ve been a serviceable little sci-fi thriller that may not lay new ground in the genre yet entertaining. But it\u2019s not just the plot. My biggest issue is the film is filled with theoretically smart characters doing and saying really, really, stupid things. Example: There\u2019s one scene that\u2019s supposed to be emotional in which Ekaterina, in space, is slowly drowning in her suit after Calvin rips through critical systems in the suit. David is trying to open the door to let her in but she fights him on the other side. Now, although it sure is an emotional moment for David, it was laughable that, after a few minutes of this, it takes Miranda to explain what Ekaterina is doing.<\/p>\n

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This is just one instance, beyond having to spoon feed to the audience what\u2019s going on, at the expense of making these smarties look ridiculous, but, and this typical for horror, these character making really dumb decisions.<\/p>\n

So the writing might stink but I can at least admire Daniel Espinosa\u2019s film on a technical level. Again, this isn\u2019t breaking new ground and while the CGI on Calvin is a bit wonky and looks a bit too video game-y, the weightlessness aspects did looks clean and the set design, for a small in appearance set, was pretty good.<\/p>\n

In terms of the cast, I\u2019m not entirely sure why they got the big names they did and wonder if the film, beyond some more script work, would\u2019ve benefited with more unknowns. It\u2019s not that the three big leads Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson and Ryan Reynolds give poor performances, though Reynolds plays up his trademarked snarkiness, but they can\u2019t elevate the bad script.<\/p>\n

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Life<\/em><\/strong>, helmed by Swedish filmmaker Espinosa, who made a decent splash into Hollywood with 2012\u2019s Safe House<\/em>, doesn\u2019t quite have what it took as, even if you remove the element of lame characters, that there\u2019s very little suspense and the horror part doesn\u2019t resonate, though two death scenes, one already mentioned earlier, were at the very least, unique.<\/p>\n

As much as I disliked this film, I can\u2019t say it isn\u2019t worthy of a rental.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 2.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This release comes with a title embossed slip cover<\/strong>. Inside is a redemption code for the Digital HD<\/u><\/strong> copy.<\/p>\n

Deleted Scenes (5:49; HD)<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 There are six scenes included here, mainly some little character moments but hardly anything to make the movie any better.<\/p>\n

Life<\/u><\/em><\/strong>: In Zero G (6:54; HD)<\/u><\/strong> looks at how the weightless space scenes were accomplished, using wires and a floating track.<\/p>\n

Creating Life<\/em>: The Art and Reality of Calvin (7:07; HD)<\/u><\/strong> breaks down the process of creating the alien creature.<\/p>\n

Claustrophobic Terror: Creating a Thriller in Space (7:28; HD)<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 This featurette examines the thriller genre set in such tight quarters with a relentless creature.<\/p>\n

Astronaut Diaries (3:00; HD)<\/u><\/strong> are video clips of the actors in character.<\/p>\n

Previews<\/strong> \u2013 Passengers<\/em>, Baby Driver<\/em>, Rough Night<\/em> (Red Band), Resident Evil: The Final Chapter<\/em>, T2 Trainspotting<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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4K VIDEO \u2013 5.0\/5, BD VIDEO \u2013 4.5\/5
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Life<\/em><\/strong> arrives on 4K presented in its original 2.39 widescreen aspect ratio and a 2160p ultra high-definition transfer. This is what UHD is all about with a wide array of colors, even with the horror element, and darker shots appear nice and stark without losing detail while images are incredibly sharp throughout. The Blu-ray disc meanwhile is no slouch as the 1080p transfer also provides well defined detail and colors look rather vibrant.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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4K AUDIO \u2013 5.0\/5, BD VIDEO \u2013 4.75\/5
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For whatever reason, the 4K and Blu-ray discs come with two different audio codecs. The 4 comes equipped with a Dolby Atmos track which does sound incredible starting with the opening shot of the wayward shuttle to quieter scenes which make fine usage of the center channel while ambient noises and off-screen action come through the rear speakers. The Blu-ray includes an equally robust DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 track.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 3.75\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Overall, Life<\/em><\/strong> was one of the bigger disappointments for me this year with a respectable cast and interesting, if not familiar, story that clearly took cues from Ridley Scott\u2019s Alien<\/em>. But while the execution was okay, though I didn\u2019t find anything all that\u2019s suspenseful, the script was a mess and perhaps a good re-write could\u2019ve made a difference. This 4K release by Sony offers excellent video and audio transfers and a forgettable selection of bonus material.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Life was one of the bigger disappointments for me this year with a respectable cast and interesting, if not familiar, story that clearly took cues from Ridley Scott\u2019s Alien. But while the execution was okay, though I didn\u2019t find anything all that\u2019s suspenseful, the script was a mess and perhaps a good re-write could\u2019ve made … Continue reading “Review: Life 4K\/BD + Screen Caps”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4581,3],"tags":[381,3280,362],"class_list":["post-15473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4k-uhd-reviews","category-blurayreviews","tag-jake-gyllenhaal","tag-rebecca-ferguson","tag-ryan-reynolds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15473"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15475,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15473\/revisions\/15475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}