Prometheus - in which two scientists funded by half of Wayland-Meyers are escorted by Idris Elba, Charlize Theron and some generic space jerks to a distant planet to search for the founders of the human race. Like, these scientists found some super old cave paintings in France, giving the star coordinates for this planet, and Weyland is funding the mission for some mysterious and vaguely evil reason, as indicated by Charlize Theron's attitude. As an Alien prequel, the structures on the planet are filled with pseudo-fossilized eggs, that open and are filled with ALIENS, surprising the scientists and the space sailors, amazingly. There was a panic and a frantic escape at the end of their civilization, and we can see it through some amazing memory/security holograms. The Michael Fassbender android infects the husband scientist with an alien worm for experimentation, and it later becomes clear he is working at the direct behest of Mr. Weyland himself, who was supposed to be dead, but he faked his death because he is a terrible father. Okay, the mythology is confusing, but I think they find evidence that one of the Giganto aliens did influence earth, and the rest of his race got angry, like Prometheus with the fire. But the Xenomorphs showed up and fucked up the planet, and are now eating/impregnating the Space Crew. There is some cool body horror, as the lady scientist has to do self-surgery to remove the Xenomorph inside her. Okay, obviously everyone dies, because it is a prequel. Correction: Shaw survives and escapes with alien material and travels to the homeworld of the Gigantos.
Death Wish (1974) - in which the justice system fails a man who lost his family, and he goes off the rails in finding personal justice. I mean vengeance. Charles Bronson plays Paul Kersey, a husband and father and architect, who has a nice NYC life. One day, near the beginning of the movie, Paul's wife is murdered and his daughter is raped into a catatonic state, from which she will not likely recover. Sexist. Anyways, Paul is destroyed, so his boss sends him out to New Mexico, or another lawless state, for a 3 month long project. Paul does some recovering while he is out there, and is befriended by his big money client, with a big hat and big guns. Upon arriving back in NYC, Paul is disheartened to find his daughter in terrible condition, and his son-in-law coping poorly. There have also been no arrests in his wife's murder, as the police are very busy with a crime spree related to gang violence. Paul is a really sympathetic guy, and his pain is visible, and very real. So,...
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