Identity crisis?

Rating: 6/10 (28 June 2020)

This follow up to Prometheus has a bit of an identity crisis. On the one hand it wants to be a sequel to Prometheus, and on the other it wants to be an Alien film, and sadly it tries to be both and does neither idea justice. The characters, while likable enough, just don't take any time to bond with the audience, and as such they fall in to the classic horror film trap of dying meaningless deaths. The creatures look poor compared to the rest of the film's visuals, and imo at least don't offer any sort of real scares. One interesting aspect of the film was the good vs bad android angle, which I feel was a tad underused. I also don't like how this film has given answers to the origins of the Xenomorphs - I liked not knowing. The mystique surrounding the original film was one of the best things about it, and now that has been taken away. All in all its by no means bad, but it feels compromised in terms of vision. Hopefully for the next one Ridley makes the film he wants to make instead of pampering to a fanbase who think they know what they want.