Noomi Rapace (sans dragon tattoo)
headlines as Dr. Elizabeth Shaw, who theorizes that the
aforementioned pictograms – discovered in the art of different
civilizations the world over – are evidence that humans were
created by something beyond our world. “Engineers” is the term
she and her husband (Logan Marshall-Green) coin for our hypothetical creators, and
their thesis is enough to convince optimistically superstitious
trillionaire Peter Weyland to finance an interplanetary mission to
literally meet our maker. Anyone who's seen even one of the previous Alien films knows that going into space in search of answers is
seldom a good idea, and indeed, this entry proceeds to follow many of
the same beats as its predecessors. We are introduced to a mostly
expendable crew of characters, including one synthetic personality,
the robotic David, played with calibrated nuance by Michael
Fassbender, the clear standout of the cast. Naturally, there's enough
mistrust and hidden agendas to pique our suspicion until the bad
stuff starts happening to these curious cats.
