Prometheus Reviews

The film [has] a kind of "been there, done that" feeling.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

They would have been better off channeling their inner Ellen Ripley and pulling the release to the airlock before this voyage departed.

Full Review | Original Score: 5.3/10

Prometheus seems to delusionally maintain that its modest thrills are being enlivened by deeper concerns.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4

Prometheus suffers from a near-terminal inability to decide what story it wants to tell.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

It's great to see Scott back in the realm of sci-fi but it's a superficial attempt to brand something new with the familiar elements of Alien

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5

After an encouraging start the film too hastily descends into a contrived jumble of fiction, burdened by undertows of faith, mankind's origins and what it means to be human.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5

While its vast sets and production values are simply stunning, "Prometheus" ultimately disappoints.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

In space, no one can hear your disappointment.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5

It's all a bit woolly-minded. Shock horror indeed.

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For all the noise and thunder early on, Prometheus just runs out of steam, but what a ride until it does.

Full Review | Original Score: 6.5/10

Questions go unanswered, shocking occurences go unquestioned, and supposedly intelligent people do stupid things.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

It's a gutsy effort but the screenplay from Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof isn't strong enough. I was struggling with the characters from the very beginning.

Full Review | Original Score: B-

An infuriating example of a film that holds huge potential and borders on greatness, but in falling just short of that mark feels little more than mediocre.

Full Review | Original Score: 5.5/10

In space, everyone can hear you try too hard.

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In space no one can hear PROMETHEUS disappoint you.

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This tale of an interstellar search asks cosmic questions about the meaning of life, but comes up with lame answers in a script that screams attention-deficit disorder.

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The deep, dark shadows that played such a crucial role in the shot-on-film Alien and its sequels are gone in Prometheus.

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Starts out intriguingly as an exploration of faith and humankind's origins. To my disappointment, though, it largely abandons this once the familiar face-huggers and chest-bursters start to appear.

Full Review | Original Score: C

If you have a dozen engaged and insightful friends who are willing to share a beer after seeing 'Prometheus,' you can talk yourself into thinking it's a fabulous movie.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/10

It's not necessarily a bad movie, it's just half of a great one. And that's almost more disappointing.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5