All praise and no guns blaze

Rating: 8/10 (9 April 2018)

In the vastness of space. Endless colonies. Humanity is scattered. God is absent. Or is He?
The story of this movie is one of human altruism overcoming the cynic world of Alien. The first half of the movie is truly engaging with the characters setting the tone of the movie. True misery on the brink mayhem. The few leaders of the prison keep the order even though the people living there are all murderers and criminals of violent crimes.
As Ripley enters the picture, the order is shock and a plethora of character interactions take place. The tension increases.
Come the middle of the movie it slows down as the lead characters make plans. Plans to survive an assault they don't have the means to fend off.
The ending is simply our strong protagonist choosing the correct path of action despite all the multiple "gut feelings" advising against it. It is a true test of humanity and strength. Our protagonist is really perfectly cut for the job and delivers a believable action path all throughout the movie.
The sounds scape is amazing. All the scenery looks great. The acting is wonderful (british-ish?) and the lead role is nothing less than imprinted in my brain for all of my life.
As a negative, the CGI looks terrible and really pulled me out of immersion. The puppets are great thou. I give this 8/10 as it is really one of the classics in the genre.
It is a take on Alien leaning more towards horror but mostly focusing on humanity. I would say this is the movie which explored the actual setting of the universe once the Aliens came into the picture , following the original movie but taking it in a more dystopian direction. Just as I like it.
As mentioned, the middle does slow down a bit and I lost focus for a while but it soon picks up again and the end really makes up for all of it. This is one of the classics and will remain so for a long time to come.