disappointing

Rating: 6/10 (23 June 2012)

After reading all of the other reviews I'm not going to add in detail to the exhaustive list of plot foibles of which there are many. Whilst this movie would be passable in it's own right I am saddened by the way it's linked into the aliens universe. The dead host alien in Aliens turns out to just be a big human dude in a suit which clearly wasn't the case in Aliens and I might be mistaken but didn't they use it's skull in one of the predator movies? And Aliens are created from this big humans biological weaponry??? Really???? Adding an alien in the last 5 seconds was a pretty weak link. The visuals were stunning the plot was poor the characters were as in both the two AVP movies bland and alien fodder non of which do you empathise with at any point. Fass was awesome and Theron was great and is stunning as always but most of the characters couldn't die fast enough the 3d (I have to confess this was my first 3d movie in a theatre) was stunning inside the ship everything popped out everywhere else it felt a bit lack luster and for me the story just detracted from the Aliens universe. As a HUGE aliens fan as a stand alone movie this is worth a look as a aliens movie it's not good.
Alien - awesome Aliens - AWESOME Alien 3 - it grows on you Alien 4 - tat a poor rip off of 2 the only thing worth watching is Ripleys basketball shot Predator - awesome Predator 2 - OK Avp - complete tat Avp2 - more tat Predators - great movie Promethues - so so, although the visuals are very slick