Ancient writings send a group of scientists into deep space seeking the origins of man. Pitched as a 'prequel' to the Alien series this is the big summer bone being offered up to starving sci-fi movie goers. First off the FX are excellent, and the plot is strong (simple, but strong). This is a fairly straight up meat and potatoes film without many 'clever twists' despite its ending. There are enough obvious tie ins to the Alien franchise that they don't have to come out and point 'see! see!'(well okay at the end they do). I'm a little shocked at some of the reviews so far... I'm not sure how 'happy ending' ever made it into the discussion. I was okay with everything until about 40 minutes in where they decide not to carry sidearms into an unexplored foreign environment then just minutes later while in that unexplored environment its decided that breaking the seal on the space suits and taking off helmets is a good idea (really? you should feel like Guy from Galaxy Quest at this point). Things get fairly predictable from this point and everyone dies (oops sorry.. lol). While this is sub par for Ridley Scott notable sci-fi (Blade Runner, Alien) its really not such a bad film in the world of movies. Unfortunately I think a small angry group of vocal sci-fi purists will sink this via reviews and word of mouth. Myself I was disappointed but only in that I had such high expectations and was really looking forward to no filler sci-fi fare. So while I won't recommend you go see this in the theater, I wouldn't hold it against anyone who goes anyway. If you are a sci-fi fan you will see it eventually.
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