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An extremely tense sci-fi thriller movie has just been added to Prime Video

Published 17:07 8 May 2025 BST

Updated 10:38 7 Nov 2025 GMT

Stephen Porzio
An extremely tense sci-fi thriller movie has just been added to Prime Video

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'Delivers a brilliant gut-punch of an ending.'

Prime Video has just added Life, the excellent and very tense 2017 sci-fi thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson and Ryan Reynolds.

Set in the near future, the actors play members of a small crew on board the International Space Station (ISS), who are in space to study soil samples from Mars that contain a cell proving the existence of extraterrestrial life.

The crew is initially thrilled by the newly discovered organism, which they dub 'Calvin', believing it could be of great benefit to humanity. It isn't long, however, before the cell grows and becomes hostile.

The quickly evolving Calvin violently turns on the ISS crew, as the group realises that the creature poses a massive threat to all life on Earth.

Co-starring Ariyon Bakare, Hiroyuki Sanada and Olga Dihovichnaya as the other members of the astronaut team and penned by the screenwriters behind Deadpool, JOE recently praised Life for its terrific performances, its taut and tactile action horror set-pieces and the thematic depth of its screenplay.

Regarding the latter, we said:

How to watch Life

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Life is streaming in Ireland and the UK on Prime Video.