An average sci fi horror that isn't really an alien prequel

Rating: 5/10 (9 May 2017)

So we are here there last alien film I have to watch before seeing alien covenant this weekend, Prometheus, I actually found this film pretty disappointing. The premise of the film sees a group of scientists go on an expedition to track down the possible creators of humanity. Noomi rapace plays Elizabeth shaw in this film and I thought she did an alright job in this film, in the second half of the film delivering a decent dramatic performance and showing some good physicality to her performance. However, for the first hour of the film I found her character incredibly boring and hard to care about because there really isn't anything special about her characters. Michael fassbender plays the android David in this film and he gives a truly fantastic performance in this film. He is so unique and as you watch him throughout the film you become more and more interested in his characters motivations and actions. Idris Elba plays the captain of the ship in this film and he was awesome in this film. He is just such a likable character an I found him incredibly entertaining to watch. However, I found charlize Theron's character to be incredibly bland. She looks great, but she just sounds very monotone and dull that doesn't help you when you watch her in this film. Also the rest of the characters just aren't given anything to work with and it legitimately feels like they are just there to add cannon fodder to the film. The story has a definite slow pace in its execution but as it progress and more reveals are made I got more interested in this film. But as you will hear for a lot of this review I found the first half of the stories exploration boring and just not very interesting at all until a certain point in the film. The script has some pretty decent dramatic dialogue, especially towards the end of the movie that helped me buy the stakes of the situations the crew were in. However, I really do believe this film could have done with better banter and realistic dialogue between the crew as it never really seems any of them get along too well. The style of this film has some decent action scenes towards the end of the film that I will admit to being interested in. But as mentioned the pacing of the film is pretty poor and this film could have really done with a better first hour. Overall this is an average sci fi, but when you consider it is in the alien universe it should have been so much better then it was.