Ambitious failure

Rating: 5/10 (9 June 2012)

I came out of the theater wanting my $20 back. I am not a sci-fi person, and the trailer already lowers my expectation of the film, but I was still shocked by how bad it is. I thought it would at least be entertaining.
Basically I paid $20 to watch a gigantic piece of "philosophical" sci-fi movie with no humanity in it. It asks a big question, but the whole film basically has nothing to do with answering that question. There are a lot of holes in the plot, and also some cheesy incidents just to keep the movie going.
The characters are weak too, and Sci-fi is not an excuse. If it's a story, then it needs good character development. I never connected with Shaw and don't know why I am following her in the story. I tried, but I couldn't. I want to at least follow Charlize Theron but there is no space for her character at all.
Please, be properly ambitious. Either tell an honest, serious philosophical story, or just make an superficial but at least entertaining Hollywood blockbuster.