Prometheus - A Review

5 Stars - Magnificent

Prometheus is a prequel to the Alien franchise, which I have never seen, and I absolutely loved it.

The film is hugely accessible to people who have not seen the original franchise, and to those who have (as I saw it with someone who has seen all the other Alien films). It makes the smart decision of not having the traditional Xenemorph alien from the original franchise and therefore everyone who sees it is seeing something new that they don't know how it works.

The acting of this film is brilliant, especially from Michael Fassbender, who once again proves why he is one of the greatest actors of our time, he plays a cyborg character and every move he makes is as controlled and precise as you would expect, and his eerie calm at all times is very unsettling and somewhat creepy.

Noomi Rapace is also wonderful, making a very likeable and strong character who you wanted to succeed and didn't want to die.

The rest of the cast are also all excellent, with notable members being Idris Elba, Charlize Theron, Rafe Spall and a whole bunch of others. They did the key thing that a survival film needs to do, made you care about the characters, and not root for the monsters.

It's tense, exciting and dripping with atmosphere, there is a really good sci-fi mystery in this film and it uses it to make you interested and that just racks up the tension even further.

My motives may be sinister... who can say?

To Sum up, go see this film, it is an absolute masterpiece.