If not for the Cinematography and VFX, I'd give it a 0

Rating: 4/10 (29 June 2017)

If you're into science...don't watch this movie. You'll hate it. The lack of scientific knowledge displayed in this film is mind-boggling. The writer was just flat out LAZY! It's not that hard to research what you're writing! With that out of the way, let's dive into this mess:
Pros: 1.) Cinematography. DP Seamus McGarvey did a fantastic job. There are quite a few long takes, which I love, and I believe they were done very well. 2.) the visual effects are incredible. The film is visually stunning. I'll raise my glass to that.
Cons: Virtually everything else. Where do I even begin? 1.) idiotic plot line. The alien needs oxygen? How?...Mars is 98% CO2...oh, but you decided to say he was able to hibernate for millions of years, since a time Mars had much more oxygen...just, lazy. 2.) idiotic plot line, again. Yeah, it's that bad. Calvin (the alien...), escapes the first firewall by cutting through the glove with some electric pen tool he broke when the biologist tried to wake him up with it. You're telling me a few weeks old alien figured out how to do something that took millions of years for humans to figure out? Lol. 3.) you guessed it...plot line. If those issues weren't bad enough...THE ALIEN FIGURES OUT HOW TO RE-ENTER EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE USING A LIFEBOAT THAT JAKE GYLLENHALL IS PILOTING!!! I mean, come ON!!! 4.) the science is horrendous. Don't even get me started. 5.) generic, boring characters. 6.) the dialogue was pretty boring as well. 7.) Plot line!!!!
You know a movie is gonna suck when the third actor on the billing block is only in the film for 20 minutes.