A truly magnificent piece of work

Rating: 9/10 (6 July 2016)

Prometheus really is a magnificent piece of film. Taking place in the same world and universe as the Alien movies, this movie serves as a prequel to the first 1979 film. It tackles issues like the suppose it origin of mankind and aliens. The crew that board the Prometheus go to this planet to try to discover the origin of mankind, they do find what they came for, but in a much darker and more twisted version than they expected. One thing I would like to say is that the special effects in this film are absolutely magnificent, I mean they are truly some of the best I've ever seen! It really did deserve that Academy Award nomination for best visual effects. And the cast does a great job at portraying their characters, this movie does have a star-studded cast including Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace and Idris Elba. Also the "engineers" in this movie (the people and they believe created them) are very cool/interesting looking, and I love the way that the filmmakers made them look, so real and very life like. And you know the actual alien, like in the 1979 film, doesn't really have a huge presence here, it's more about these "engineers" than anything, although don't get me wrong, aliens do make several appearances here. But you know that's one of the things that excited me most about Prometheus, this whole prequel idea about where did we come from, and you know the movie doesn't leave you with all the answers, but it does give you just enough to satisfy and to keep your interest, because we do know that these engineers that are shown in the movie created us but we don't know their motives behind wanting to terminate us. So go ahead and rent Prometheus and just have a great time, this is truly a magnificent film that just about anyone can enjoy because it's so well acted well-made and intriguing. 9/10!