A mixed bag

Rating: 6/10 (10 June 2012)

The movie starts of pretty well. We are brought into the world of the film with breathtaking visuals. All throughout the movie a lot of questions are raised that keeps you guessing what is going to be revealed in the end. There is somewhat of a tension that keeps building up for an awesome climax that unfortunately never was.
There are a lot of subplots and even the main plot that is never brought to their satisfying end. The characters behave erratically at times and even completely opposite to the way that they have behaved previously. There is hardly any character development for a lot of cast you don't feel anything for them even when they sacrifice themselves or die.I only was interested in characters played by Noomi and Michael. Charlize was wasted and plot "twist" around her character was so obvious.
Overall pretty visuals, amazing sound, a story that puts up too many questions and answers none of them, pretty average acting. As a standalone film, it is not very very good but still worth a one time watch. The other parts of this trilogy should answer some of the questions left unanswered in this. In the end this only felt like a filler for something better coming. Go watch if you are a sci fi buff who wants more from the "Alien" universe.