Decent Space Thriller, but nothing too original

Rating: 6/10 (14 April 2017)

The first time I saw a trailer for this movie, I immediately thought of the movie Alien (which is amazing) and I wasn't really excited to see something that looked nearly the same. The result was what I expected with a few notable exceptions. The alien creature in this film was very interesting and I loved the way it looked and moved around. I like the concept of the Alien getting larger and larger within just a few moments. I squirmed in my seat when the thing crawled inside of Ryan Reynolds character and killed him, that just made me feel uncomfortable but it was quite a thrill. I also love the ending to the film, left me hanging for more and ready for a sequel. Other than the two things I mentioned above, there really isn't anything else original about the film, the astronauts go to another planet, an alien creature tags along with the team, then there is always a scientist trying to stop the team from killing the specimen so he can "research", who then inevitably gets killed and gets loose in the spaceship to wreak havoc. All very clichÃ© to me. Still not a bad film though, I would check it out but if you're looking for a masterpiece I would check out the film Alien instead.