New Life

2023

Action / Horror / Thriller

18
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 94% · 63 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 65% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.5/10 10 2858 2.9K

Director

Top cast

Sonya Walger as Elsa Gray
Tony Amendola as Raymond Reed
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777.02 MB
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English 2.0
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24 fps
1 hr 24 min
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1.56 GB
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English 5.1
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1 hr 24 min
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771.84 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
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24 fps
1 hr 23 min
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1920*800
English 5.1
NR
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1 hr 23 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Sleepin_Dragon 6 / 10

It's decent, just needed a longer running time.

Agent Elsa Gray is tasked with tracking down Jessica Murdock, who's on the run and heading for The Canadian border. Unbeknown to Elsa, Jessica is hiding a deadly secret.

The short running time appealed to me, and that was both good and bad, good that I could squeeze it in one afternoon, bad because at times it felt a tad rushed.

The opening is simply bizarre, you won't know who's who, or what's happening, it really does take time to work out what's happening, the trouble is, when it does, and the action starts, it's not long before the credits roll.

Some good action sequences, and a few jump scares, there's nothing new here, nothing we haven't seen several times before, but there is some originality here.

The twist, when it comes it unexpected, it really did catch me off guard, a story I simply wasn't expecting.

Nicely acted, good visuals, with some rather effective makeup, overall a decent watch. I don't find myself saying this very often, I just wish it was longer.

6/10.

Reviewed by aronharde 6 / 10

Interesting flick with an abrupt ending

I didn't have high expectations when I went to see this movie. This synopsis sounded intriguing, however my anticipation for this movie was limited.

The start is rather slow and our protagonist (Jess) meets and older couple and through their interactions you get to know her a little better. The order couple is lovely and definitely adds some emotional weight to the movie. We are also introduced to our other protagonist (Elsa) who is trying to find Jess. As soon as Elsa arrives at the older couples place, intriguing things start happening. From that point on the movie had my full attention since I like the subject matter. The first contact with our threat is made and it was portrayed really effective and was a thrilling contrast to the slow start. A minor complained is that there is a really cheap jump scare which was absolutely unnecessary. On the other hand there are some really well made makeup effects to be seen.

However the narrative progresses and there are new characters introduced. And then the movie kinda just ends. I felt like the ending was pretty abrupt and felt a little bit unfinished. It could have been a rather big finale but instead we get a pretty short ending. Overall I really like the idea of this movie and going in without knowing what exactly this was about was a really nice decision. It's definitely not a masterpiece or a movie that will be remembered in a couple of years from now with how many movies are being released nowadays, but it was certainly a good watch and a nice way to spend not even 90 minutes. [6,2/10]

Reviewed by stevelivesey-37183 4 / 10

Strong start that falls off into nothing

New Life is a fairly low budget, medical thriller.

The set up is pretty good. The director lets us think that a young girl is on the the run, we don't know what from. We presume that an assassin/manhunter/detective is after her for nefarious reasons. So far so good.

The plot twists a little halfway through and the movie shows its true colours and then plays out to a rather silly conclusion.

Why was the hunter ill? Don't know. What was the point of her being ill in the first place? Don't know. Why were more resources not thrown at a serious threat to public health? Don't know. How did the dog get it? Don't know.

The more doesn't get explained the more the film loses credibility.

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