Very sad demise of this franchise is complete

Rating: 3/10 (16 September 2017)

I gave this 3 stars for the actors. Otherwise it would have been zero. There were some excellent performances and they deserve more. But so does the audience.
This is a step down even from Promethius which was one of the most brain-dead sci-fi movies I have watched in along time. Until now. I blame the story line, the way its cut together and the direction. And the core concept.
Basically imagine a crew of really dull individuals stumbling through space making the worst decisions possible and you have an idea. A crew which we learned the names of maybe 5 of them and therefore I barely cared or recognized any of them as things happened to them. Then take the entire past/back story of the franchise and destroy it. Re-use every scene and setting that worked in previous movies and cut them down . It was just a pathetic story and horrible telling of the story.
Even the costumes and the ship CGI were weak as heck. Some of the shots did look good despite all this... but small payoff for such a steaming pile of "cinema."
And on top of all this it is just unbelievably predictable. I avoided all spoilers before watching it but there was not a single plot twist you won't see coming far ahead. Not one. Which is impressive considering how little sense the monsters, the plot and the "evil character" aspects are presented.
I could go on but I'd start spoiling things. However save yourself time and just skip this anyway. It is just terrible. I wish I had the 2hrs back that I spent watching it.