New Life

I can't see a reason why a moviegoer is gonna dislike it, i mean, it delivers what it promises. As long as you know what this is about. So, it's not a horror movie and it's mislabelled here. This is a scifi thriller movie, leaning more into drama than horror. It's not scary neither mindless fun. There are some thrilling and intense moments but it requires your patience, it's a slow burn but it didn't drag. Furthermore, it's well acted and the script was not very good but good enough to make a viewer invest.

Simultaneously, i can't see a reason why a moviegoer is gonna love it or get excited. Really low budget for this genre, a bit amateurish production and definitely a movie which almost everyone who watch it, will forget in a week max.

So, lower your expectations, know what this is about and you will probably like it, if you like this genre. I have watched many trash movies and tv shows recently, NEW LIFE is defintely not like that. It's a good movie. Still, not a MUST WATCH. There are far better movies to watch (older movies mostly) if you have not much free time to spend.

I almost skipped this movie after reading the extremely negative reviews it got on here, certainly the ones stating I shouldn't trust the first ratings as most often those are biased, a thing I totally agree with. But a friend watched it and told me it wasn't that bad so I gave it a shot and I'm glad I did because it was entertaining. Maybe not the best in this genre but still worth a watch if you like that kind of stories. I sure do. Hayley Erin and Sonya Walger play the main characters and we're both convincing. Sure there are no Oscar winning performances, neither for the script that feels like a déjà-vu but it's just easy entertainment and sometimes that's just all that I need.

An agent named Elsa (Sonya Walger)with a degenerative disease tracks a young woman calles Jess (Hayley Erin) fleeing inexplicable symptoms in this science fiction thriller. As their chase narrows to the mountains of the Pacific Northwest, holes in Elsa's investigation start to fill with fresh bodies.

A thriller full of suspense, chases, intrigue, terror, and also human drama about illness in the modern world. The film features two interesting stories focusing on the two main characters: a mysterious, deeply desperate woman who is relentlessly on the run, and an older woman, an agent tasked with pursuing her, who suffers from a known degenerative disease. Their two stories intertwine inextricably throughout the film, culminating in suspenseful conclusions. The sad and twisted stories converge as the stakes in the relentless pursuit reach apocalyptic proportions. Interpretations are pretty well, such as Hayley Erin playing a woman on the run, desperate to cross the Canadian border to escape her past. A resourceful agent whose recent life-altering diagnosis leaves her one step behind. The casting is fine, giving adequate interpretations from the main actresses, Haley Erin, Sonya Walger (Lost) who, along with Tony Amendola (Once Upon a Time, The Chosen), are all eminently television actors. More popular main and supporting actors are missed, but we are really looking at a low-budget film.

It belongs to a genre that in recent decades has produced several films about viruses, bacteria, and other microbes that cause apocalyptic situations, among which the following can be included: ¨Outbreak¨by Wolfgang Petersen, ¨Carriers¨ by Alex Pastor, ¨28 days later¨ by Danny Boyle, ¨28 weel weeks later¨ by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, ¨Contagion¨ by Steven Soderbergh. This ¨New Life¨ can be compared in quality to the previous ones but has a lower budget, to which must be added a chase theme in the style of ¨The Fugitive¨ by Andrew Davis.

The film features a spiritual, strange, supernatural musical score by Mondo Boys, whose peculiar sounds have also accompanied films such as The Inheritance, The Right Hand, Fatman, uin Hide Fight, She Dies Tomorrow, among others. The motion picture was well written and directed by John Rosman, this is his debut film. However, until almost halfway through, hardly anything interesting happens, just a simple presentation of the main characters and minor incidents. It is from minute 45 onwards that the film rises to high levels of tension, intrigue, and movement, thoroughly captivating the viewer who until then was somewhat bored and asking many unanswered questions. ¨New Life¨ rating: 6/10.

I had the opportunity to sit down and watch the 2023 movie "New Life" here in 2024, and of course I did so. Sure, I didn't even know what I was getting into here, aside from it being a horror or thriller that I hadn't even heard about. So writer and director John Rosman had every opportunity to impress and entertain me with this movie.

Oh boy, I wasn't exactly prepared for what writer John Rosman delivered here. The storyline in "New Life" was really a nice surprise, and I am very glad that I had the chance to sit down and watch this movie. It was a well-written script, narrative and storyline, and writer John Rosman really caught me off-guard here.

I genuinely enjoyed "New Life", but it sort of felt a bit incomplete. Perhaps a follow-up movie would bring more to the narrative, as "New Life" felt like it was only the beginning of something.

The acting performances in the movie were good, and they had some talented actors and actresses on the cast list. I wasn't familiar with the cast in the movie.

While "New Life" wasn't a movie that relied heavily on an abundance of special effects, I will say that the effects that were in the movie definitely helped bring the narrative to life, and also looked realistic.

While it might be somewhat of a niche movie, I think "New Life" is definitely a movie that is well-worth checking out, especially if you have an interest in both zombie movies and viral outbreak movies.

My rating of "New Life" lands on a six out of ten stars.

This movie was on sale on iTunes for five dollars so I figured I would give it a chance. The trailer was good and within the first minute or so I turned it off since trailers tend to spoil the whole movie. I started watching it and was pleased throughout the entire movie. It was engaging and original. You can tell it isn't high budget movie but the production values are exceptional and the soundtrack was top notch. There is nothing that feels "low budget" about this film. I am not a film school snob. I have no knowledge on any of that stuff. I typically have an extreme distrust of reviews, especially critic reviews, since there's a huge disconnect between the rotten tomatoes website when it comes to audience scores and film critic scores. The audience scores usually are substantially lower than the critic scores, and vice versa. I don't wanna spoil anything about this movie but I assure you if you like dystopian style movies that have a creepy mysterious twist then you will thoroughly enjoy this movie. There's only a few scenes that have mild jump scares so this is not a horror movie in any sense of the term horror. Every actor in the movie did an exceptional job. I highly recommend. This is a 10/10 for limited budget movies and my scoring is just a general one that judges everything and I use the same criteria for all movies. So, my 7/10 is quite good. I would actually be happy to watch this movie again and plan on doing so with a friend. Please be kind, this is my first IMDb review and I was too lazy to spell check. Sorry not sorry. Best wishes with your quest to find a good movie to kill some time with! -Brandon.