Not a bad effort.

Rating: 5/10 (18 April 2013)

Great effects, outstanding filmography, brilliant soundtrack, decent acting (particularly Rapace and the show stealing Fassbender) but ultimately let down by an average script and some absolutely ridiculous characters and massive plot holes.
Why was British Idris Elba's character written with a redneck southern USA accent? Why was Fifield not punched out early in the movie......for in real life an idiot like that would only be awake for about 3 seconds after opening his mouth for the first time.
I get that he was going to be killed off....and we are not supposed to like him......but his character was almost a Dr Smith (in its total stupidity) and alone near ruined the movie for me. And there are just so many more idiotic and unbelievable things written into this movie.
And I do know it is just a movie and not a documentary, but think about it.....A mega dollar expedition into space and these were the best they could get? Talk about the wrong stuff! You could randomly pick people off the strret and get a better result! And that goes for the writing as well.
So called scientists abandoning their breathing apparatus after little more than a computer scan? Quarantine? (unheard of in the future, obviously!) Running minutes after a "c" section? A duplicitous robot? (we did not see that one coming did we?). Pretty much sums it up.
It is plainly obvious that this movie was also written with sequels in mind and its not a great stretch to see see how it "WILL" link up with the original Alien movie. By which, after all the hype and bull, was the premise that it was sold on.
Flawed and a little disappointing, especially coming from a master director like Ridley Scott.
If the original Alien is a 9/10, this is a 5 out of 10....lets hope the next one is bit better.