After some months I will probably have forgotten that I saw this film. Science Fiction is not my cup of tea, usually. Knowing this, I shouldn't have bothered to see it in the first place.
Just now I find it also in a list about the most expected and most disappointing films.
The film tries to live by stunning visuals covering a bad manuscript and a half-baked plot. I think I chose this film, because of Michael Fassbender (because I liked him in
Shame, but in general his filmography is like a list of unnecessary movies) and Noomi Rapace (to see her as a normal person without dragon-tattoo).
The plot? A sort of creation myth from a foreign civilization. When an expedition gets there, they don't find their friendly forefathers, but slimy brain-eating creatures. They infect the members of the crew, so most of the members die one after another. There is also an android who survives as head, after his body has been snatched by a monster. When they have found out that the habitat is not so friendly, the leader of the expedition can manage to stop an attack on good old Earth and manage to flee. So what?
The film tries to be smart, at times even pretends to some philosophical and metaphysical level, but it doesn't come close to its pretentious level about the roots of mankind. Instead it uses the typical ready-made sets about gradual elimination and worn-out Alien imagery. Stunning pictures cannot save a poorly crafted script.
2/10
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| Lengthy parts of this film occur during twilight |
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| Aliens are getting in your eyes |
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| Noomi Rapace |
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| Michael Fassbender - the well-combed android |
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