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Alien (1979)

9.0 (88 Ratings) Rate It

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After a space merchant vessel perceives an unknown transmission as a distress call, its landing on...

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The Terror: Infamy - Season 2

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Set during World War II, the haunting and suspenseful, second season of the horror-infused...

Nate Grim (3 KP) rated Alien: Covenant (2017) in Movies

May 11, 2017

Alien: Covenant (2017)

2017 | Horror, Sci-Fi

6.5

(94 Ratings)

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Great homage to the original

Thank you Ridley Scott for making this homage to alien. Much better than I expected. After Prometheus this certainly felt more like an alien film. Great action sequences throughout and some jump scares in the right places. would recommend this movie to anyone who has or hasnt seen an alien film, It stands alone and it continues where Prometheus left off.

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Sarah (7798 KP) rated Blade Runner (1982) in Movies

Aug 21, 2017

Blade Runner (1982)

1982 | Sci-Fi

8.5

(75 Ratings)

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A classic

This is a brilliant example of Ridley Scott and Harrison Ford at their best. Considering this was made back in 1982, the effects and the whole look of the city still look surprisingly futuristic and not shoddy and outdated. The score really adds to the tension and suspense, and the cast are great. This is one of the few examples where the film is actually better than the source material (Philip K Dick' s short story).

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Awix (3310 KP) rated Blade Runner (1982) in Movies

Nov 25, 2019 (Updated Nov 26, 2019)

Blade Runner (1982)

1982 | Sci-Fi

8.5

(75 Ratings)

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Cult thriller from Ridley Scott. In present-day Los Angeles, investigator Harrison Ford finds himself obliged to hunt down and destroy four androids who have illegally returned to Earth from colonies in outer space. Yes, yes: I know it's a timeless classic and a visionary piece of science fiction (if not a particularly accurate piece of prognostication), but it's not a film I've ever found myself able to particularly warm to.

One of the prettiest and most visually dense films you will ever see, of course, but Ridley Scott seems much more interested in the film's visual impact than the actual story (even so, much of the imagery is rather clunky). Harrison Ford doesn't get much to do in his drab and perfunctory section of the plot - the film only really comes to life when it concerns Rutger Hauer's oddly sympathetic homicidal android, who ends up dominating the movie. Most of the book's quirky sense of melancholy disappears, though. For all its strengths it just feels rather superficial and hollow to me.

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David McK (3219 KP) rated The Martian (2015) in Movies

Jun 14, 2020

Ridley Scott's adaptation of Andy Weir's book of the same name, following the trials and tribulation of botanist astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) after the rest of his crew take off and abandon him on Mars, believing he is dead.

While - of necessity - a large part of the screen time is devoted to Watney and his time alone on the planet, the film (and book) also cuts between his colleagues on the spacecraft home (and how they react once they find out he is alive), and various NASA personnel, most of whom are only given the broad strokes of characterisations

As a Ridley Scott film, you know you're going to get impressive visuals and world building (it's one of the things he excels at), while Damon actually proves surprisingly well cast as Watney. I don't remember the final section of the film being in the book though ...