Prometheus Review

Prometheus Review, a group of scientists think they have discovered the origins of the human race.

Director Ridley Scott

Writers Jon Spaihts, Damon Lindelof

Cast

Noomi Rapace
Charlize Theron
Michael Fassbender
Patrick Wilson
Idris Elba
Sean Harris
Kate Dickie
Rafe Spall
Logan Marshall-Green
Guy Pearce
Ben Foster

Brandywine Productions, Dune Entertainment, Running time 124 minutes.

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A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

Alien is one of my favorite all time movies, and when I heard about Prometheus being a prequel to Alien and that it would give us more details on the space jockeys I became more than a little interested. Plus it was going to be directed by Ridley Scott, it's fair to say I had high expectations.

The end result is mixed with good and bad aspects to the movie, unfortunately Prometheus is not the masterpiece Alien beater I was hoping for but it does surpass my expectations on some levels. Visually Prometheus looks fantastic, the visuals set the mood of the movie creating a superb atmosphere which does have a similar feel to Alien. It's certainly one of the best looking movies I have seen.

The acting is good throughout, however the character development is not the best, you don't really get to know any of the characters so you don't really care about any of them. The best and the most likable character is the Android David, played by (Michael Fassbender) he's really the only interesting character out of all of them.

After watching Prometheus I felt a little unsatisfied, the film has a lot of interesting scenes which creates questions, but it never really answers them. This makes Prometheus feel incomplete as a movie and a little frustrating to watch, it's clear Prometheus is not a stand alone movie, it ends on a cliff hanger leaving it open to a sequel.

Over all Prometheus is definitely worth a watch, it almost manages to be the movie I was hoping for, it just fails in a few areas. We don't get all the answers we were looking for, I ended up with more questions after the movie than I did before watching it. With all that Prometheus is still one of the best science fiction/horror movies I have watched.

7 out of 10