Yep, it's pretty bad.

Rating: 3/10 (22 July 2017)

Alien should have stopped at Aliens - absolutely and without a doubt.
However, for all of us here who are totally bagging this movie, Ridley Scott has simply served up what he knows full well the majority of the movie-going public wants. By that I mean what millions of people world-wide, who do NOT take things as seriously (or dare I say pompously) as us critics here want. And it's what they have always wanted - and always will want - cheap thrills. It puts bums on seats. Not to mention a ka-ching in the likes of Sir Ridley's and the movie studio's pockets.
A:C supplies those cheap thrills by the bucket load. Lots of frantic action, lots of noise, a reasonable dollop of fear and tension, plenty of jump scares, lots and lots and lots of blood and gore. And a nude couple shower scene (really?why?), and 2 android men kissing (wtf??why???) added in just for good measure and purely to titillate.
There are millions of dumb-asses in the movie-going world that totally love all that stuff. Because they don't go to the movies to think or make sense of anything, they really don't WANT to think too deeply about, well - anything really!
It's called escapism. And A:C is just right for those folks. Therefore it's pretty safe to say millions of people would have loved it more than those of us who hated it, although I do note the haters outnumber the lovers by almost half the reviews here as at current date.
I've forgotten pretty much everything about the stupid thing now, except being amused at how useless those green laser light "torches" were - for some reason that is the only thing that has remained stuck in my memory. I mean when you're stumbling around in dark, scary places with slimy black alien things wanting to pounce and rip your head off you'd want a fairly decent Zebralight SC600 Mk III to see them coming at least, surely.
Anyhow - just because of Blade Runner and Alien and Gladiator and Thelma and Louise - I, for one, will forgive you for A:C, Sir Ridley.