A race of aliens that may be the reason for human extinction become “The Host” of a future world in the newest sci-fi film to hit theaters.

Stephenie Meyer, who has become a household name by creating the multi-billion dollar Twilight saga, also created a scifi love story called “The Host.” The film adaptation for “The Host” was released and distributed by Open Road Films Friday March 29.

“The Host” is a sci-fi romance that takes place in a future world inhabited by an alien species that can take over and control human bodies. Some of the humans can partially control their own bodies and remain in their own minds when the change occurs.

The human race faces extinction.

Thankfully, the movie stuck very closely to the book’s storyline.

Melanie Stryder (Saoirse Ronan), the main character of the story, is a young adult who is captured and changed but refuses to fade out of her mind and resists the host.

The film begins with a short introduction of the “new world” and moves on to telling Melanie’s story. The movie included multiple flashbacks that show Melanie’s life before she is captured and includes all the romance that readers would expect.

I was not impressed by the transitions from scene to scene; there were many times when my friends–who have never read the book–had to ask me what was going on because the film didn’t adequately describe it. The film was unable to capture much of the inner dialogue between Melanie and Wanderer, the “alien” soul who controls Melanie’s mind and body, and that made following the story a little confusing. The movie included most of the main points of the novel, and it moves at a pace that keeps the audience interested as long as they can understand it.

The alien soul that controls Melanie’s body is called Wanderer. Wanderer is sent by the Seeker (Diane Kruger) to find the group of humans who were part of the resistance that Melanie was with before she was captured, but Melanie tries not to let Wanderer see those memories.

Troubles arises when Wanderer is successfully able to find Melanie’s resistance group and Melanie’s boyfriend, Jared Howe (Max Irons), struggles to believe Melanie is still alive in her mind.

Meanwhile, another man in the resistance, Ian O’Shea (Jake Abel), begins to fall in love with Wanderer.

The group continually debates what to do with Melanie’s body: Let it live as one of them, or make sure that it never reveals their secrets to the seekers who are searching for them?

I really enjoyed all of the actors, and thought that they fit their characters very well. I wish this film had been split up into two parts because a lot of relevant scenes from the book did not fit into the two-hour film. I feel like readers might be a little upset some of the important little things were not included.

Overall, The Host is a great sci-fi love story for anyone who is interested in watching it. At times, it becomes a little confusing, but if you understand the plot you will enjoy it. All of the actors did a great job at bringing their characters to life. I would definitely see it again.