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Since the announcement of this movie I was stoked. I love the alien franchise and was eager to watch the newest one. I didn't watch any of the trailers or read any reviews since I wanted to see everything in the movie.

Well it was one of the biggest disappointment in the recent years. The storyline beside the whole alien part was one-dimensional, felt forced and fast-tracked just to introduce the characters quickly and get to the alien part.

The characters were shallow, each one basically assigned one single emotion, none of them were likeable and their death had no meaningful impact at all. I would say ironically Andy was the most humane and complex one.

The Xenomorphs suddenly could be easily killed in masse by an untrained girl, meanwhile in previous movies one could wreak havoc alone.

The whole movie was a bad joke and cash grab living off the franchise name.

For me personally it was a steep downgrade compated to the first Nun (2018) film. They used the same "tactic" to appear scary (shots, camera movement, scene getting darker), which led to an easily predictable story and "scares". A few scenes were too long, it didn't feel suspenseful for the scare that was coming, it was just time-wasting.

I was on the edge of my seat watching the original movie, however this one only had a few cheap scares.

I also felt like it was just the average, boring script. I felt sad for Storm Reid's casting, felt like a typical "we need a black person" role as her writing was subpar.

Only positive I can mention in the acting. I think both the young and adult actors and actresses played their role well and you could easily feel their emotions.

The acting is amazing, which comes naturally with such a talented cast. Even smaller roles and supporting actors such as Michael Paré or Bryan Cranston leaves a strong impression in just a few lines. Loved the dynamic between the cast, it came off as natural interaction through out the movie.

The story itself has a lot of twists, yet it is still easy to follow and makes you engaged the whole time you are watching the movie.

It has a cool old school feel dispite being released in 2011 that I just love. The cinematography is great, the aerial shots and close-ups fit together great. The driving scenes are some of my favourites.