Everything I wanted it to be and then something else too

Rating: 8/10 (12 June 2012)

So this film has been very much dubbed as the prequel to the Alien films, however after much looking around on the internet and such I found that the Alien vs Predator films are actually the prequels to Alien and this is a sort of odd film set in the same universe but not continuing the storyline of Alien films. There got that out of the way.
So I was very impressed with the acting, especially Michael Fassbender, playing the robot David. Overall there is nothing wrong with any of the actors, they all play their roles brilliantly. Although some character development between the captain (Idris Elba) and Meredith Vickers (Charlize Theron) is a little bit out of place, it's generally OK.
It takes a while for the story to really kick in, after a lot of build up the actual film begins. There is so much built up mystery that after lots of things have been revealed it's almost as if the revealed story hasn't been worth it. It's not big enough or something, it's certainly missing something in my opinion.
Being mainly full of dark scenes and the like this film certainly lives up to the Alien style that Ridley Scott is renowned for. That said there are not as many brilliantly hidden dangers that are hidden in scenes and only a few people pick up on which is a shame. The feeling of fear and real horror does eventually occur but only after a lot of the mystery is revealed.
The ending is one of the things that was something else and not in a good way. So after all of the revelations that are revealed and everything has happened the main character of the film (Noomi Rapace) decides to go for an adventure with the head of David the robot to go and find the main aliens (Engineers) home world. That's it, really very underwhelming after everything the audience have just seen.
Then at the very end of the film there is a little scene where an Alien appears. It looks a little bit different and is very confusing. It's almost as if they have tried to make it a prequel after saying that it isn't a prequel.