Atmospheric and effective

Rating: 7/10 (28 June 2020)

I like the setup to this film - its great also to see the "great old ones" or perhaps the "nephilim" in a home setting (albeit briefly).
The writing is far less lazy than Prometheus and I prefer this film to that one. The battles of the synthetics is also pretty effective and it harks back to the good droid/bad synthetic situation from Alien & Aliens.
I like the characters and the female lead is far less irritating in her role than in Prometheus. Having some pivotal scenes filmed in Fiordland is also a great homage to primordial NZ.
The film gives more screentime to more of Gigers creations (in David's lab) and its also very good for confirming the origins of the classic alien creature. David spoke best when he said "idle hands make the devils work...."
Worth watching, especially if you found Prometheus to be very disappointing (as I did).