Not nearly as good as it's own commercial....

Rating: 2/10 (19 May 2017)

This is basically a badly executed B-Movie with a big budget. It's so bad it's almost silly.
The original Alien had a brooding, well-paced ambiance. You could identify with the characters and it artfully led you into the action-conflict.
This feels like it was written by 10 different screenwriters, with a studio exec coming in to make sure it is dumbed down enough to hold the attention of people unable to follow a plot, or with no patience to really absorb characters. But for people who simply want to look at shooting and space monsters on a screen - this has that.
I was literally bored watching it. There is minimal character development. The science/technology part is inconsistent and shaky.
I think there were some good ideas at the core of the script, but it tried to do and be too much, and dumbed itself down to the point of idiocy.
Even the CGI of the ships in space looked more fake to me than the 1979 analog effects.
The commercial that is airing on TV with the 'Take me home' song, is cinematic and haunting. The film itself is sadly a waste of time. Unless you are cool with plot gaps, science gaps, no character development, completely implausible scenarios etc. There is definitely shooting and alien monsters chasing people.