Disappointing Ridley Scott

Rating: 5/10 (13 October 2012)

Expectations were high from a Ridley Scott movie - the director who gave us Alien, which was a path breaker in 1979. But the movie didn't even came close to fulfilling those expectations. It seemed to move in some direction in the beginning with profound questions being raised (meeting our creators) but what followed thereafter was disappointment. Screenplay lacked depth/thought, story/scenes lacked logic, absence of depth in characters (theron went unutilized for a vamp). Cinematography is a definite saviour for this film - by Dariusz Wolski (he gave us POTC trilogy, Crimson Tide). But nice art shots was compromised by absence of thought. Such a waste of time from the director who gave us Gladiator, ALIEN, Black hawk down, American Gangster, Body of lies, Good year...