_"Monkeys in Space"_ would have been a more fitting title for this film. Like most poorly made horror movies, any sense of dread comes from characters disregarding basic precautions or failing to communicate with each other. Sprinkle in several plot holes, and you’ve got _"Life"_. **⚠ SPOILERS AHEAD ⚠** The movie really starts to stumble when the team begins experimenting with an unidentified lifeform in a lab that's completely unsuitable for it. They don’t even bother using robotic arms; instead, they use simple rubber gloves. Predictably, the creature instinctively figures out how to operate tools and break through the rubber. It then escapes through a CO₂ nozzle—after a flamethrower, still with its pilot light on, accidentally triggers the fire alarm—and doesn't end up contained but somehow makes its way throughout the entire space station. This was only possible because the computer system used to control the nozzles appears to be an outdated device, requiring someone to manually close each one by entering a lengthy 20-digit ID code. The narrative progresses with characters deliberately opening hatches that should have remained sealed. Or they simply don’t communicate, like failing to inform others about the creature currently biting at their leg. Another memorable moment occurs when the creature, supposedly trapped outside the station, manages to return through the thrusters. The fact that these are somehow connected to the interior of the space station is baffling. Similarly absurd is the scene where two people release all the air from a sealed module, while another opens the hatch leading into it from a pressurized area without any warning about the lack of pressure. (Naturally, he had discarded his communication device earlier when it experienced some reception problems.) The entire movie is so riddled with errors that I almost found myself laughing. Particularly ridiculous was the ending, where the last survivors escape in two separate pods; one, intended for Earth, gets struck by debris and drifts into deep space, while the other, *attempting* to move away from Earth, is prevented from doing so by the creature, which somehow seems to have learned how to operate NASA-made escape pods and is preventing the human pilot from changing course. The ordeal concludes with some Asian fishermen casually opening the hatch of a capsule that has just landed in front of them—even though they can clearly see an astronaut trapped inside a web-like substance. It felt like the final, ultimate insult to logic and common sense.

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