Morons in Space

Rating: 5/10 (21 July 2017)

The only saving grace about this film was Michael Fassbender, who does an excellent job playing David/Walter. So 3 stars are for him. The movie itself is just not believable. We are asked to believe that(the ships crew)these morons would pass any selection test, and be put in charge of a massively expensive colonization ship. The crew from Armageddon look competent in comparison.
In fact you could walk into any pub on a Saturday night, and just pick random people, and you would have a more competent crew than the one in this film. The result of this was that I just did not care what happened to the crew, as they kept making irrational,and idiotic decisions.
The other 2 stars I gave were for the CGI,and sets, though there was one explosion that looked like they had run out of money,and they had got some kid to do the effects on his home computer. The movie is very predictable in places, and there is nothing to make the viewer jump out of their skin. I hope the other Alien movies will be better written, with more believable characters.
There are a lot of worse movies out there which is another reason I gave it a 5. But if you are an Alien fan you are going to watch it anyway. This is not a great movie, but if you have a few hours to spend there are worse things you could do with your time.