So, not aliens at all after all that....

Rating: 1/10 (29 May 2017)

I'm being a bit harsh, the film in many ways had some positive' attributes - some good cinematography, some good cgi, some nice new little twists, like the pixel dust in the atmosphere - but otherwise Ridley Scott, who I admire for many of his other movies, lost the plot with Prometheus and failed to find it again with this piece of malevolence. What sort of spaceship, even in the future, would have a massive shower with many jets of water so that a couple could make love in it together? Just a vulgar set up so that the monster could stick its scorpion-like tail up the woman's hindquarters to spoil the mood. Was that really necessary? Did that enhance everyone's appreciation of the movie - or was it just scraping the barrel of cinematic shock for its own notoriety? I could forgive an 11 year old boy writing something like that, but Ridley Scott? Michael Fassbinder did a magnificent job of being the evil, smooth talking robot - quietly and duplicitously murdering everyone and turning them into food for his pupae. But really, would no-one have not noticed until the last minute? That close was really the dramatic haemorrhoid on the butt of a disgracefully predictable plot. So yeah, they're not aliens at all then, just genetically engineered humans. Kind of defeats the purpose of the franchise. I just hope for humanity's sake that this is the last we'll ever see of this horrible, worn out franchise.