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For me this is one of the worse shows on Netflix or else. If there were a lower rating than one star, I'd have given it.

My basis for this opinion is founded on the following: There's no real story - I don't know who are the opposing organizations and what are they trying to accomplish. If the assassin is so skillful, why isn't Eve already dead in the first episode? What's the point of hopping all over Europe (and the world) when Eve is not on the run? What's the point in the story of flashing the names of European capitals (except Bulgaria, which the typical watcher of this refuse has no idea of the name of a single Bulgarian city, I presume). Why does Sandra Oh has to shake her hair loose in every episode? Where in the world does a married couple such as Eve and her husband have the kind of relationship portrayed in this series? There's more to say about how bad this series is, but I think I said enough.

One of the worst movies I ever warched. The story line makes no sense. Suspensful background music plays continuesly for no reason - very annoying. The family lives as hunters/trappers in the woods but has no idea how to respond when called for during demanding circumstances. I should've shut it off after the 1st 20 minutes but foolishly kept on watching while hoping for improvement. It never came. If you consider watching this movie, reconsider, and run. If there was a way to rate it with less than one star, I would've.

Here are the key reasons for which I did not like this film:

1. A ship on such mission would never go off plan to explore a mysterious signal from an unknown planet. 2. Once they decided to go and explore, the captain would never leave the mother ship – the command is his most important responsibly. 3. The second in command would always be as qualified as the captain and not an indecisive wimp. 4. Landing on an unknown planet, they would never go without wearing full protective bio suits, including gloves and helmets. 5. On the ground they'd never hike 5 miles in rough terrain to an unknown destination. 6. Smoking cigarettes and cigars and flicking the butt still burning on an unknown planet – only in a bad movie aimed at the heavy smoker Asian market. 7. When they got to the settlement, a hooded 'man' comes out and says 'Follow me' and they do without even asking him who he was. 8. The next scenario is very common these day in all action movies: The brutal fist fight that goes on forever when in real life a couple of times of being thrown against the wall would be enough to knock someone out for days. But in the movies they go on and on then walk away. In this one it was towards the end when the two cyborgs were going at each other. 9. And last, which really should've been first: A total lack of originality – it was almost a complete replica of the original. Receive a mysterious signal. Land on an unknown planet. Unknowingly get infected by the monster. Have the monster emerge from the host's chest and quickly reach adulthood and terrorize the ship until they manage to jettison it into space. The added piece here was that the evil cyborg took control and planted a couple of monster embryos in the incubator, and thereby opening the door to the next sequel.

I only saw the first two, and the a great part of the charm of the original was the looks of the ship. It was a mining ship returning to earth after a mining mission. Both the looks of the ship's interior and the scruffy crew was very similar to a seagoing cargo ship of our time. It was very much without all the glitz of sci-fi of today with plenty of CG and flashing light and 'futuristic' decor.

My buddy with whom I watched this movie who worked all his life in the defense industry mostly on military rockets and satellites leaned over and whispered to me 'they violated every NASA protocol concerning contact with the unknowns of extra-terrestrial environments'. The example he brought up as being a lot more accurate scientifically was "The Martian". I agreed.

Luc Besson's writing of thrillers and action flicks used to be interesting enough to watch. No longer so. At least not this one. There are so many instances where the story is wrong. For example:

The car chase scenes are tiring and take place without a plot that makes them needed.

People act on information that we, the viewers, are aware of but the character that does so.

Someone with a near-fatal bullet wound is able to don a scuba outfit and swim a long distance the very next day.

Seems like Luc Besson is now writing script for viewers who don't care about a good story as long as there are fast cars, sexy women, fist fights and screeching tires. I guess the money is still good and that must be all that matters to him.