Life 🎥 2017 Movie Info

Plot Summary

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. David Jordan 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 David’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 sends the station into 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.

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