Stunning visuals and production design are to be expected from a Ridley Scott film and this is no exception. Whilst set in the Alien universe, this is not an Alien film at all. Instead the film explores mankind's quest to find out who we are and how we were created. Scott touches on the conflict between faith, religion and science, the nature of creation, mankind's need for knowledge and drive to advance whatever the risk. These themes help to make Prometheus much more interesting than what could have been a retread of the Alien films. Rapace and Fassbender have the standout characters here, though Theron more than holds her own. There are some plot contrivances to drive the film forward, such as Shaw's remarkable recovery from surgery and Janek's sudden awareness of what is going on, but Scott still manages to craft a tense and exciting story and hopefully there will be further films to build on this.