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Prometheus (2012)
Director: Ridley Scott
Synopsis
Few recent films have been as masked in secrecy as ‘Prometheus’. Is it, as was originally mooted, a prequel to the ‘Alien’ series, focusing on that enormous fossilised navigator that John Hurt and co found in the original movie? Or is it, as now seems to be the case, a distantly connected but largely autonomous sci-fi adventure in which the aliens themselves may or may not play a role? The official synopsis of the film, which stars Guy Pearce, Charlize Theron and Time Out hero Michael Fassbender as the resident android, describes it as ‘a journey to the darkest corners of the universe’, which isn’t exactly giving much away. Either way, the prospect of Ridley’s return to sci-fi 30 years after ‘Blade Runner’ has us mightily intrigued.
Cast & crew
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Idris Elba, Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce, Noomi Rapace, Logan Marshall-Green
Genre(s): Action/Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction
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