Fell short of having its own identity

Rating: 5/10 (13 June 2012)

The script was a poor rehash of the original alien with a bad droid who lost his head, technology still working after being dormant for 2000 years, oxygen running out one minute and not mentioned the next hours, 3D not used well enough to shock or repulse, immaculately coiffured Vickers getting sqwished, Logan Marshall Green from Dark Blue was excellent until he asked to be burnt alive and much less.
It is left open for a sequel to the 'real mother' land but I don't think our creators like us very much so unlikely to be empathetic toward Elizabeth Shaw and David, perhaps if she took after dinner mints ......