Ridley seems not to care....

Rating: 3/10 (21 May 2017)

Ridley obviously does not care about the potential of the franchise. It's blatantly obvious that there was no thought given to any of the amazing possibilities of world or universe building. Instead, this is simply a high budget, grotesque 'B' rated gore sci-fi movie. It's not even as good as the original, because there is no real suspense, just a short buildup to each gore scene which consists of bodies ripping apart and blood squirting everywhere with nothing new or noteworthy. The five minute opening dialogue between Fassbender and Pearce was promising, and Fassbender is the only actor who gets a somewhat expanded script to work with, albeit something more akin to Silence of the Lambs than anything truly creative. The rest of the characters and script are the result of unimaginative and lazy writing just to bridge the gap from one gore scene to another. Those writers should be black listed for anything other than 'B' rated Hollywood trash. 3 out of 10 for Fassbender's performance despite the travesty of the writing, and Ridley certainly has amazing vision for sci-fi sets, the ship interior and opening sequences look great.