A pointless prequel

Rating: 3/10 (4 June 2012)

The story in Prometheus simply makes no sense, is full of plot holes, and is the type of anti-science rubbish one would expect from a hack like Lindelof. All it really manages to do, is take a nice little mystery from the first film, - the space jockey - and turn it into something absurd, ridiculous, and unimaginative. The characters are also uninteresting in the extreme, with only Michael Fassbender, playing the same role as Ian Holm and Lance Henricksen did in the first two movies, managing to stand out. Particularly disappointing is Noomi Rapace who sadly isn't shining now she's away from her native Sweden.
Prometheus, if nothing else, proves that prequels are pointless and tell stories which need not be told. It doesn't reach Phantom Menace level of awfulness, but it's alarmingly close at times. Ridley, it's time to retire, before you trample over Blade Runner too.