Rotten Tomatoes
Submit search Movies Tv shows RT App News Showtimes

Prometheus

Play trailer Poster for Prometheus R 2012 2h 3m Sci-Fi Horror Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
73% Tomatometer 311 Reviews 68% Popcornmeter 250,000+ Ratings
The discovery of a clue to mankind's origins on Earth leads a team of explorers to the darkest parts of the universe. Two brilliant young scientists lead the expedition. Shaw hopes that they will meet a race of benevolent, godlike beings who will in some way verify her religious beliefs, while Holloway is out to debunk any spiritual notions. However, neither the scientists nor their shipmates are prepared for the unimaginable terrors that await them.
Watch on Fandango Stream Now

Where to Watch

Prometheus

Prometheus

What to Know

Critics Consensus

Ridley Scott's ambitious quasi-prequel to Alien may not answer all of its big questions, but it's redeemed by its haunting visual grandeur and compelling performances -- particularly Michael Fassbender as a fastidious android.

Read Critics Reviews

Critics Reviews

View More
Candice Frederick Reel Talk Online Sep 8, 2017
A
Prometheus recaptures the essence of not only a beloved franchise, but also an admired yet complicated genre many filmmakers attempt but few successfully. In short, it shows the amateurs how it's really done. Go to Full Review
Tom Charity CNN.com Nov 9, 2016
Even if the movie's logic ultimately spirals down into a vortex of hysteria, horror and hokum, I enjoyed the bulldozer intensity of the climax, which barely keeps a lid on the crackpot cult movie that's wrestling for the soul of this... blockbuster. Go to Full Review
Dwight Brown National Newspaper Publishers Association Nov 9, 2016
3/4
With poise and great artistry, Scott crafts a world that combines high-tech science, primal beginnings, human frailty and sheer horror. Go to Full Review
Stefan Birgir Stefans sbs.is Aug 23, 2025
4/5
Yeah, I love the film. It’s a big budget version of a stupid 80s alien-rip-off. That’s how I view it. It’s not canon, obviously. It’s a rip-off film like Galaxy of Terror but made by an immensely talented filmmaker (not storyteller). Go to Full Review
Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson Jul 23, 2025
5/5
"Prometheus" is a modern, stylish, cerebral, and gorgeous exercise in science-fiction and terror that earns its place right along side Scott's films that defined both him and the genre Go to Full Review
Justin Kim Loud and Clear Reviews Jan 6, 2025
4/5
Prometheus may not be a satisfying prequel, but it more than makes up for it by being a fascinating sci fi film to unpack. Go to Full Review
Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

View More
Steve F @w0x0f 1 day ago I want my $3.99 rental fee back. See more Kolby G @good_or_noe 2 days ago Despite its visual beauty, Prometheus collapses under pretentious, nonsensical writing where supposedly brilliant scientists inexplicably remove their helmets to pet hostile alien lifeforms. It completely strips away the terrifying mystery of the xenomorphs, turning what could have been a profound origin story into an infuriating 0.5-star waste of the Alien franchise. See more Panky B @PankyBumfresh 6 days ago I truly enjoyed this alien film. It had a great story, descent character development, good acting, good horror and suspense and a great set up of what could have happened (had the next films been any good). See more Jeff B @RT99430060 6 days ago NO... NO NO NO NO NO NO NO. This is tripe. kill it with fire. conclusive proof that Ridley Scott can't write a movie for toffee. Many believe he "made" Alien and Blade Runner, but in truth he did art direction for those films and they were written by far more talented writers like Hampton Fancher and Dan O'Bannon. Ridley's experience as a maker of adverts helped him immensely to create believable worlds from those works, but this is a just a godawful wander down a windy beach to a tea shop that is closed. Terrible plot, terrible casting, terrible acting, terrible effects and nonsensical ideas crowbarred in to try and make "Chariots Of The Gods" into an Alien Prequel. Also, the BLACK GOO is perhaps the worst thing we have ever seen come out of an Alien film. Can we please go back to scary monsters in dark, used-future looking tunnels that do not need a backstory or established motivation outside of "they are just scary"? Thanks See more g J @g.username Aug 25, 2026 I don't much care for the Chariots of the Gods humanising of the Space Jockey either, but the film is otherwise a deeply layered, unfairly maligned masterpiece and a visual spectacle like nothing else put to screen. It's hard viewing this fairly in isolation from Covenant, a film that would retroactively make it worse on every count by failing to deliver on any of its promises. See more Noah S @noah309112 Aug 21, 2026 This movie is so close to perfect! I remember picking this movie to watch at my dads on the little 12 inch screen before o went to bed, watch up close and slowly made my way to lay down! Overall I’d rank it number two behind the original, even tho 2 is awesome, this is the movie I’d rather watch! Some people don’t like it but it holds my attention until the very end! See more Read all reviews
Prometheus

My Rating

Read More Read Less WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW POST RATING
Alien: Covenant 65% 55% Alien: Covenant Watchlist TRAILER for Alien: Covenant Morgan 38% 30% Morgan Watchlist TRAILER for Morgan The Thing 34% 43% The Thing Watchlist Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus 19% 20% Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus Watchlist Extinction 18% 35% Extinction Watchlist Discover more movies and TV shows. View More

Movie Info

Synopsis The discovery of a clue to mankind's origins on Earth leads a team of explorers to the darkest parts of the universe. Two brilliant young scientists lead the expedition. Shaw hopes that they will meet a race of benevolent, godlike beings who will in some way verify her religious beliefs, while Holloway is out to debunk any spiritual notions. However, neither the scientists nor their shipmates are prepared for the unimaginable terrors that await them.
Director
Ridley Scott
Producer
David Giler, Walter Hill
Screenwriter
Jon Spaihts
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
Brandywine Productions, Scott Free Productions
Rating
R (Sci-Fi Violence|Brief Language|Some Intense Images)
Genre
Sci-Fi, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 8, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$126.5M
Runtime
2h 3m
Sound Mix
Datasat, Dolby
Join The Newsletter Join The Newsletter Cookie Settings