Starring: Noomi Rapace (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows), Charlize Theron (Snow White and the Huntsman), Michael Fassbender (Shame).
Screening: Reading Cinemas Queenstown: daily 12.45pm, 3.30pm, 6.15pm, 9pm.
5 stars (out of 5)
Although Scott's recent directorial outings have not been fantastic (Body of Lies, Robin Hood), he remains the director of Blade Runner, Gladiator and, of course, Alien.
For that reason, we movie-goers can expect too much.
Despite Robin Hood in the back of my mind and also the more recent, and terrible, Alien vs Predator and Alien Resurrection, I was bound to fall for this movie from the beginning.
Prometheus follows a group of scientists travelling through space in the year 2093, with two scientists (Rapace and Logan Marshall-Green, The O.C.) who believe they can answer mankind's biggest question: "Where did we come from?"
As any sci-fi film will suggest, nothing goes according to plan when travelling that far from your home planet.
There is no other film like this. Few films have tackled the idea of extraterrestrial beings creating life as an experiment.
The concept is brought to our attention down to every small detail, contrasted fantastically with the character of David (Fassbender), a robot acting as a reminder that the crew are essentially his creator.
This is not a horror film or an action film.
It is an origin story of the greatest scale, an origin story for mankind itself. Think philosophy meets Avatar meets the book of Genesis and throw in some Ridley Scott Alien moments for good measure and you are heading in the right direction.
Highly recommended.
- By Christopher Clement-Walker
