Worst of both worlds

Rating: 4/10 (19 May 2017)

I have a confession to make. I really liked Prometheus. It is flawed movie, sure, but I'm certain that with relatively few script tweaks it would have been a masterpiece. It tried something new, it had a fresh take on the story and it deepened the mythology of Alien universe while asking some really interesting questions. Then it not only failed to answer them but left a lot of plot points hanging in the air. Oh yeah, and it had some really stupid scientist characters. We were left hanging with a lot of question marks over our heads. The next movie in the trilogy had a great foundation to further deepen the mythology and answer at least few burning questions.
Well, I'm afraid to say that they decided to kick all of it to the background and go with the plot that wasn't as interesting in the first place, and then made a mess of it in the process. It seems as the whole plot of this movie is made just to bring it to the first Alien movie. If there's no story at least action should be classic Alien(s), right? No... the action is rehash of what we got in all of the earlier movies, with nothing new brought to the table, but it is still the best part of the movie. OK, but at least the single biggest complaint about Prometheus, dumb characters is remedied. Yeah, they evolved. They are not just stupid this time around, but incredibly clumsy too! Acting is also incredibly inconsistent, and really bad at times.
The only important question left to ask after the movie has ended is why it is called Alien? It is direct sequel to Prometheus, and there's not nearly enough aliens in it to warrant that title. They are almost sidekicks in this.
The prologue "The Crossing" seems as a teaser for a movie that we should have got, direct sequel exploring the themes of Prometheus with stupid characters out of the way. Unfortunately, we are left just with stupid characters and a lame excuse for a plot. There is still hope that the last in the trilogy will steer it towards some new interesting themes, but after this pointless mess it's hard to see how.