Prometheus
A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
What critics thought
Ridley Scott's Alien quasi-prequel earns consistent admiration for its visual grandeur and Michael Fassbender's performance as the android David, but critics were sharply divided over whether the script lives up to its own ambitions — many felt the film raises grand philosophical questions it never bothers to answer, leaving its characters underdeveloped and its plot baggy and unresolved. The result is a film that looks and feels monumental while frustrating a significant portion of the audience that wanted the substance to match the spectacle.
“caters too much to imagined audience expectations when a little more adventurous thought might have taken it to some excitingly unsuspected destinations”
Todd McCarthy·The Hollywood Reporter
“a lack of suspense, threadbare characters, and a very poor script, the stunning visuals, gloopy madness, and sterling Fassbenderiness can't prevent Prometheus feeling like Alien's poor relation”
Ian Nathan·Empire
“portentousness and grandiosity ... is at once the film's great strength and great weakness”
Andrew O'Hehir·Salon
Accolades
Genres
Adventure, Sci-Fi
Cast & Crew
Ridley ScottDirector
Noomi RapaceElizabeth Shaw
Michael FassbenderDavid
Charlize TheronMeredith Vickers
Idris ElbaJanek
Guy PearcePeter Weyland
Logan Marshall-GreenCharlie Holloway
Sean HarrisFifield
Rafe SpallMillburn
Emun ElliottChance
Benedict WongRavel
Kate DickieFord
Branwell DonagheyMercenary 1
Marc StreitenfeldComposer
Jon SpaihtsWriter
Damon LindelofWriter
Dariusz WolskiCinematographyPrometheus
A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
What critics thought
Ridley Scott's Alien quasi-prequel earns consistent admiration for its visual grandeur and Michael Fassbender's performance as the android David, but critics were sharply divided over whether the script lives up to its own ambitions — many felt the film raises grand philosophical questions it never bothers to answer, leaving its characters underdeveloped and its plot baggy and unresolved. The result is a film that looks and feels monumental while frustrating a significant portion of the audience that wanted the substance to match the spectacle.
“caters too much to imagined audience expectations when a little more adventurous thought might have taken it to some excitingly unsuspected destinations”
Todd McCarthy·The Hollywood Reporter
“a lack of suspense, threadbare characters, and a very poor script, the stunning visuals, gloopy madness, and sterling Fassbenderiness can't prevent Prometheus feeling like Alien's poor relation”
Ian Nathan·Empire
“portentousness and grandiosity ... is at once the film's great strength and great weakness”
Andrew O'Hehir·Salon
Accolades
Genres
Adventure, Sci-Fi
Cast & Crew
Ridley ScottDirectorNoomi RapaceElizabeth ShawMichael FassbenderDavidCharlize TheronMeredith VickersIdris ElbaJanekGuy PearcePeter WeylandLogan Marshall-GreenCharlie HollowaySean HarrisFifieldRafe SpallMillburnEmun ElliottChanceBenedict WongRavelKate DickieFordBranwell DonagheyMercenary 1Marc StreitenfeldComposerJon SpaihtsWriterDamon LindelofWriterDariusz WolskiCinematography