An average movie

Beforehand, I wasn’t sure about this one. Indeed, nowadays John Carpenter’s movies are really popular among remakers and this movie was already the 4th one they decided to redo. Of course, I know, it is not actually a remake but a prequel tot the classic directed by John Carpenter. However, I still think it was obviously marketed as a remake. Indeed, the title was the same, the poster was really reminiscent to its predecessor and even the letter type for the title was exactly the same. I think it's really lame to make such an effort to make it look like a remake when actually, it isn't supposed to be one. To make things even worse, I thought that the plot was really similar and they tried really hard to make you believe that the whole thing was not an updated version. So, all these made it rather difficult for me to really enjoy this movie, but I have to admit, it wasn't bad at all and rather entertaining but except for some new fancy special effects, they didn't add much to the whole thing and it felt rather unnecessary. To conclude, in my opinion, it is actually a remake disguised as a prequel, but if you haven’t seen any movies from the Alien franchise, any movie involving The Thing, than there is a good chance you will enjoy this movie more than I did and I think it is somehow still worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10