Rating: 9 out of 10, a movie that was hotly anticipated as Ridley Scott returned to science fiction and to the Aliens plot line. This was truly an epic movie as the scope was just immense bridging the time from the origin of life on earth to the distant future. Some sci fi fans are bemoaning the lack of direct connection to the Alien movie but they are there if you look and this plot direction made more sense in that it preserves the secrecy of the planet where the Alien is eventually found by Ripley. Speaking of Ripley, Noomi Rapace definitely lived up to Ripley’s credentials as the lead actress. Anytime a character self-administers abdominal surgery and then still goes out to the fight certifies her as a genuine bad ass. I really liked this movie but there were a couple of issues. The plot is sailing along and then ¾ of the way through the movie changes directions radically, becoming the story of Pearce’s character instead of Rapace. This was kind of jolting and not necessary. The story also severely underused Theron which is criminal in its own right. Great movie with tremendous scope and set up for the sequel where Rapace will seek out the engineers. Fassbender continues his streak of superb characters as the slyly evil cyborg who loses his head (really his body). If you didn’t see this on the big screen you missed out – a true epic.
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