by Gwangi » Sat May 20, 2017 6:39 pm
This series has not gained any momentum since 1986. I thought "Alien 3" was terrible. "Alien 4" was not much better. "Prometheus" was wildly uneven, I thought. Unfortunately, I put this one in the category of very predicable. Fassbender was the only stand out, among a cast that was basically a there as a pieces of meat for the Xenomorphs (yes, it would not be an "Alien" movie without that factor, but here, I don't think it was executed as brilliantly as we saw in "Aliens").
I understand that Ridley Scott wants to continue with this thing. Perhaps the third one will be the charm, though I seriously have my doubts.
Using Leonard Maltin's ratings system I charitably give this **1/2 out of ****