Too many flaws

Rating: 5/10 (7 June 2017)

For being honest, I entered the cinema uninformed. I did not know much about sequels and prequels and just wanted to get back the good scary feeling of the original Alien movies... I didn't.
The most disappointing aspect IMHO is technology. Weapons which are like present day shotguns, communication in analogue quality (you can talk with high quality video from Europe to Amerika or Asia today, but in 100 years you barely understand each other?), poor energy management (no over-charge protection) etc... the rolled-out solar modules of the space ship were fine, by the way.
The story-line was OK at best. Visual effects and Actors ordinary.
Star Trek franchises, which in earlier days sometimes were deeply philosophical and real SciFi, have become popcorn movies, but still enjoyable. Alien, which in earlier days was the most suspense SciFi, today tries to be more philosophical but doesn't succeed in either way.
It's not a waste of time and money but you don't miss much if you skip it. Passengers had some similar elements but much better screenplay and story-line IMHO.