Unique, fresh, enjoyable

Rating: 9/10 (2 June 2012)

Prometheus is a fresh, different and unique film. Yes it is argued a prequel to Alien, but in today's landscape of film it really does stand out. It had the right balance of scares, shocks and time for the plot to develop and to be engaged with the characters. At the end of the day it is a really good sci-fi/action film where, because it is different, you were unsure where events of the film would lead to and you were unsure of the fate of some characters. Ridley Scott managed to draw you into this world (it even works in 2D) and you don't question the credibility of anything until the end when you remember, it is just a film. The whole cast were brilliant: Noomi Rapace lead the film amazingly, Charlize Theron managed to pull off this cold and heartless character and so on, but Michael Fassbender was one of the standouts of this film. Playing robot David, he portrayed his character as a cold, mysterious and interesting character who has a big part to play in the film. It felt like Ridley Scott gave us about 90% (in a good way) because he doesn't want to give too much away. It felt like that he wanted us to feel like we wanted to see more, equalling a possibility of a sequel. Prometheus manages to be an engaging, interesting, enjoyable, unique and clever sci-fi film which at the end makes you want to see more of this world Scott has created.