It is a rare thing indeed to find a movie sequel that outstrips the original. Terminator 2, perhaps. The Godfather Part II, probably. The Dark Knight, definitely. But greater sequels are hard to find.

The questions of whether we are alone in the universe is one at the heart of sci-fi. The question of who we are if we are not solely God’s creatures... does that mean there’s no God? Only lonely ...

Instead, the film explains that David massacred the Engineers on their planet while also making Shaw a part of his neomorph experimentations to create something superhuman. When confronted by the crew ...