Review of Prometheus (2012) by Marc R — 26 Sep 2014

Elba (underused), and particularly Fassbender as an enigmatic android, are standouts in Scott's visually spectacular but shakily scripted sci-fi epic. The first hr is grand and wondrous; there's a real sense of discovery and palpable atmosphere at work.

But once the story actually starts, we realize just how poor it actually is and the lack of a firm grasp the film has on its themes. The film goes nowhere particularly interesting and its connection to "Alien" holds it back.

It's the type of serious science fiction we rarely get lately, and it's tense and entertaining, but it could've been so much more.