Backbursting Excellence!

Rating: 9/10 (2 July 2020)

A little bit Alien, a little bit Prometheus, Ridley Scott tweaks his sequel to appease the Alien fans who didn't love Prometheus. And that's okay, because I'm somewhere in the middle myself. Prometheus tried to be beyond epic and left so much confusion in its wake. The fans wanted a Ridley Scott Alien movie, with the actual xenomorphs, and this one has them.
It's still has that grandiose vibe that Ridley Scott brings to the table, but there's intense, brutal attack scenes and lovely gore galore! It has not one, but two Michael Fassbender androids, and they kiss! How's that for freaky? Ridley, trying to give us more of what we want, only different, gives us a backburster and a faceburster! Yes, the chestburster is now so 1979, dontcha know!
To all the fans who didn't like this movie, I'm sorry you're disappointed. Nothing is perfect, but it's unlikely we'll receive better than Ridley Scott revisiting his sci-fi masterpiece. I'm having a great time watching all these movies together this week and this one is pretty great. It follows the traditional horror movie pattern a bit more, which Ridley Scott has said he doesn't want to do. I think he compromised with the studio and this is the result. More alien horror, but with still all that titans created humanity mumbo-jumbo etc.
Michael Fassbender must have had an acting boner when he learned he was playing opposite himself for most of the movie. He's great as both David and Walter. Jussie Smollett may never get work again, or not, but he's got one heck of a great scene in this. Katherine Waterston as our final girl does a great job, just wish she hadn't had to model a hairdo that made her look like a circumcised knob!