Major disappointment

Rating: 5/10 (5 August 2017)

Unfortunately for me this film was something of a disappointment. I had avoided reading too much about it prior to viewing and was anticipating it picking up where Prometheus left off and developing the origin story further of the aliens and their genetic creators. Instead what we get is a slow to start, pretty low key affair which takes the plot in a completely different and unimaginative direction with the key events revolving around Weyland's android. I found it hard to get behind some of the characters and wondered how they ever managed to get hired as part of a starship crew to begin with. The decision making abilities by key crew members were a bit forehead slapping at times and the action scenes were in part quite derivative and non descript. Overall this was quite a forgettable addition to the alien universe and a definite step down from Prometheus.