Jake Gyllenhaal’s Creepy Sci-Fi Horror Film Is A Streaming Hit On Prime Video

“Life” could not have been a giant 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 actually, it deserves this second probability. Written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, the forged of “Life” additionally consists of 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 type and shortly exterminates the crew one after the other, leaving the survivors to do all the things they’ll to stop it from returning to Earth.

Our personal Jacob Corridor described “Life” as “an old style B-Film dressed up like a blockbuster,” with an important creature on the heart of this characteristic. At instances paying homage to the likes of “Alien” and “The Factor,” the Daniel Espinosa-directed movie retains you hooked because of the star energy that’s failing miserably at preserving this monster at bay. This may very well 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 attempting to cease the starfish-like area invader, it makes for a far better watch than it ought to be. 

It additionally turns into a fair higher viewing in case you observe 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.

Main as much as and through its launch, an thought emerged that “Life” was secretly linked to considered one of Sony’s upcoming comedian guide diversifications of that point: “Venom.” With out delving an excessive amount of into spoiler territory (sure, it is that good we do not need to smash an eight-year-old movie), a Reddit principle proposed that “Life” was a prequel to “Venom,” which arrived the next yr. 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 may very well be the neatest franchise kickstarter Sony might ever hope for. It wasn’t, however Reese and Wernick themselves did love the thought.

“Impulsively, somebody’s on the market going, ‘Bing! Lightbulb!'” Wernick instructed ComicBook.com. Reese even agreed that the movie would’ve made an important prequel. “It will, would not it?” he stewed with the positioning, with Reese packing up his writing associate. “That is the symbiote! Eddie Brock’s on Earth. The symbiote’s on Earth, finds Eddie Brock. He realizes he can disguise on the within of a human.” 

Positive, it won’t be official, however you possibly can go forward and maintain the headcanon that “Life” is a prequel to “Venom” in spite of everything — and one of the best Sony “Spider-Man” universe film we by no means obtained.