Alien - Really tries to bring the franchise back on track but still not there

Rating: 6/10 (22 December 2017)

I really wanted to give this a chance. I hated Prometheus, despite being a fan of the original Alien films like many others (AvP should be best hid away).
As for this new prequel/origins movie, well it has a lot to dig itself out of after the awful Prometheus film. Taking its cue from the first Alien movie, we have a group of humans on way to a planet (in this case to a new Eden), only to be stopped early to find themselves investigating a mysterious planet. Turns out it is where the survivors from Prometheus are.
What we have is the original android as evil & conniving as ever, playing God, and it's hell for the humans. We actually don't get that much alien involvement, not really.
Yes the special effects are good, and camera work great, the acting great etc etc.
But the story is poor, and I couldn't muster enough into the cod-philosophical questions it was maybe trying to attempt. Some of the twists were too obvious, and the film wasn't helped by a group of the dumbest scientists I've seen on film since well... Prometheus!
Lots of holes in this one, it's fine to watch if on free to air, otherwise give it a miss.
This film could be another nail in the franchise coffin, but you know it will be brought back up again somehow.