Ridley and son Luke turn in a satisfactory sci-fi thriller,but the horror turns to shlock as the film heads for a predictable twist endingCoinciding with Mary Shelley’s birthday week, this Scott family affair – produced by Ridley for director son Luke – is another runout for the ragged narrative about scientists who create new life only to see it lurch bloodily away from them. Frosty risk assessor Kate Mara’s investigations into the mishandling of the eponymous hybrid intelligence (The Witch’s still-eerie Anya Taylor-Joy) permits Scott Jr a apt hour of existential unease: is it the placid Morgan or her intemperate human overseers (Toby Jones, or Michelle Yeoh,Paul Giamatti) who pose the greater threat to this shadowy corporations safe operation? Alas, once that question is resolved, and the film turns into a passably schlocky runaround,bound for a guessable final-minute twist that has an obvious precedent in the Scott canon. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com