Who's in it?
Noomi Rapace, Patrick Wilson

What's the plot?
The legendary Ridley Scott returns with ‘Prometheus’, a film of equally epic proportions that sees the director of ‘Alien’ and ‘Blade Runner’ take the helm in an incredible 3D journey that reaches the farthest corners of the universe. 


‘Prometheus’ follows a group of explorers as they stumble upon a clue that may explain the origins of mankind; but when they attempt to discover more, they unleash a secret that could spell the end of the entire human race.



Please be aware this film contains scenes of strobe/flashing lights and therefore may be unsuitable for people with photosensitive epilepsy.

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Contains strong violence, gore, threat and horror.
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This film has clearly suffered from excess.

Scott's power derives from his unique eye, the ability to compress centuries of atmosphere in mere moments of cinema and to give his actors a world of painfully exacting realism so that their merest gesture has almost religious significance. Struggling with budgets, time constraints and personality conflicts drew the best out of him. Here 20cFox gave him an open cheque, total artistic freedom, unlimited time, a massive; seemingly endless marketing campaign and hype up the ying yang.

What they got was a vapid ponderous examination of the "Alien" franchise's navel. It was as if Scott had finally lost touch with the medium and was just throwing images together to see what happened. This is the director who could actually challenge Kubrick artistically and instead he blows it all on a self-indulgent mish-mash of psuedo philosophical ramblings. Poor almost ludicrous scripting, vague direction and completely shallow interpretation of themes, there really IS less than meets the eye with Prometheus. Only Fassbender will get out of this alive.

I would not bother with this film unless you fell the need to see it for anorak film buff purposes. As a piece of cinematography it is breathtaking, as a film suffocating.

Avoid.

Basic plot is good but the behaviour of the characters is moronic; I would want any of them on a trip to the seaside let alone space exploration. Would anyone really remove their helmet on an alien planet before the toxins & microbe tests were done?
As for the screenplay I have heard better on Coronation Street.
The answer lies in the credits..hundreds of people involved in the graphics but a small handful contributed to the screenplay.
Good basic plot thoroughly ruined by unbelievable characters and an over-emphasis on special effects.

every one says oh its not good but this is the only way it could be written there are probably two more in the series at least one anyway. Felt better than the crap ending to potter part 1. It explains at a deeper level the inhumanity to man by "man" based on tribes and the struggle between us to be humanistic towards each other or not at every level rich to screw the poor kings to kill those that get in the way of their own insane ideals religion and genetics and belief that they can be immortal. Superficially well done with the 3d effects as in not over the top done right. excellent graphics and as always Theron has a body. The next one will be the fight against "our creators" at the very least and the madness of the military "war pigs" that still infest our own planet.