ANTI-LIFE is a very low-budget DTV B-movie in the Sci-fi Thriller Genre & starring ex-A lister BRUCE WILLIS & it's in my opinion fairly good fun!!!
Now this is extremely low-quality & looks like a t.v series in it's overall look but i dig it's Cult Classic influences such as John Carpenter's The Thing, Prince of Darkness & Ghost's of Mars as well as Alien & other Sci-fi flicks & that gives it the old skool comforting charm as we feel like we've seen all this before because we have & it's definitely a comfort having Willis aboard this sci-fi Adventure as we all grew up watching the guy, he is an old skool Action legend.
Set during Earth's last days as an inhabitable planet the last remaining humans in the hundred-thousands, are rushed aboard a huge space ship thats going deep into space to a new planet to start fresh & i think we as humans let are planet die because like in real life no one looks after our planet & only care about money so the story as a fantasy does have a ring of truth to it. The huge space ship puts everyone to sleep until they reach their new destination in about 6 months or so except a team of workers stay awake to make sure everything stays safe during the long journey & here we have our rugged team with the old A-hole veteran Bruce Willis as Clay & his new team mate played by Cody Kearsley (Riverdale) a maintenance/Cleaner & Johnny Messner (Sabotage) & a few other recognisable faces amongst the skeleton Crew & the leader/Captain of the ship the great B-movie legend THOMAS JANE (Deep Blue Sea, The Mist, The Predator, Nemesis, The Punisher) I'm a big Jane fan & even though he has basically a glorified Cameo it's better for the film that he's in it!!! Bruce Willis starts out as a big A-hole with a drinking problem & a bad attitude but as the film goes along he's the Willis we know & love. This Crew are up against an Alien creature that gets aboard the ship & starts to infect the workers & does all kinds of bloody & gross stuff & gradually are small crew have to gear up & fight this thing in an "ALIEN" kind of way & it's pretty fun B-movie stuff.
The effects are very poor & thats due to the tiny budget but the actual creature looks good & the possessed workers are pretty Cool in a "Prince of Darkness" kind of way & the film has that fun late-night feel to it which i love. Yes cheap & tacky effects & a Willis that really is only there for the paycheck but it's a fun little survival Apocalyptic sci-fi Thriller with a nice little bit for Thomas Jane. I liked it, good B-movie fun.
Now this is extremely low-quality & looks like a t.v series in it's overall look but i dig it's Cult Classic influences such as John Carpenter's The Thing, Prince of Darkness & Ghost's of Mars as well as Alien & other Sci-fi flicks & that gives it the old skool comforting charm as we feel like we've seen all this before because we have & it's definitely a comfort having Willis aboard this sci-fi Adventure as we all grew up watching the guy, he is an old skool Action legend.
Set during Earth's last days as an inhabitable planet the last remaining humans in the hundred-thousands, are rushed aboard a huge space ship thats going deep into space to a new planet to start fresh & i think we as humans let are planet die because like in real life no one looks after our planet & only care about money so the story as a fantasy does have a ring of truth to it. The huge space ship puts everyone to sleep until they reach their new destination in about 6 months or so except a team of workers stay awake to make sure everything stays safe during the long journey & here we have our rugged team with the old A-hole veteran Bruce Willis as Clay & his new team mate played by Cody Kearsley (Riverdale) a maintenance/Cleaner & Johnny Messner (Sabotage) & a few other recognisable faces amongst the skeleton Crew & the leader/Captain of the ship the great B-movie legend THOMAS JANE (Deep Blue Sea, The Mist, The Predator, Nemesis, The Punisher) I'm a big Jane fan & even though he has basically a glorified Cameo it's better for the film that he's in it!!! Bruce Willis starts out as a big A-hole with a drinking problem & a bad attitude but as the film goes along he's the Willis we know & love. This Crew are up against an Alien creature that gets aboard the ship & starts to infect the workers & does all kinds of bloody & gross stuff & gradually are small crew have to gear up & fight this thing in an "ALIEN" kind of way & it's pretty fun B-movie stuff.
The effects are very poor & thats due to the tiny budget but the actual creature looks good & the possessed workers are pretty Cool in a "Prince of Darkness" kind of way & the film has that fun late-night feel to it which i love. Yes cheap & tacky effects & a Willis that really is only there for the paycheck but it's a fun little survival Apocalyptic sci-fi Thriller with a nice little bit for Thomas Jane. I liked it, good B-movie fun.