In 2903 AD a human spaceship, Prometheus, arrives on an alien world where scientists Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) and Charlie Holloway (Logan Marshall-Green) believe the race that created humanity lives. It turns out to be an uninhabited world with no signs of habitation, except for this one sort of mountain structure.

A team is sent out to investigate and they eventually find remains of the alien inhabitants. And they find something else alive in the ruins...

I've reviewed Prometheus after I saw it in a theater. Recently rewatched it on my iPad. It's still a pretty good science fiction movie. Shiny spaceships and space suits, unlike previous Alien movies that are more grungy. But the alien base somewhat makes up for that being fairly dark and creepy.

There is no actual "Alien" alien until the credits. Instead we have a snake-like life form that kills and has acid blood; Body horror when one of the crew is infected and is transformed into a creature; and eventually one of the bipedal aliens is awoken and causes havoc because it turns out he is the most danger to mankind.

It's nice that it's a standalone story. A couple of characters survive and they're off to find the alien home world. But that's more of an epilog thing after the conclusion to the main story.

Overall it's still a good film and the CGI still good a dozen years later.