Ngokusho kwabadali, esenzweni esizayo esabangelwa sokwesayensi, iqembu lososayensi lizoya ohambweni olujabulisayo lapho amaqhawe azowavivinya khona idatha yawo engokomzwelo nangokomzimba ngamandla. Balinde umhlaba okude, lapho bazokwazi khona ukuthola izimpendulo zemibuzo esondele kakhulu futhi baxazulule imfihlo yempilo enkulu.
Ukuqapha, umpofisi!
Umhlaba. 2058 unyaka.
Ngesikhathi sokumba okuvubukulo e-Afrika, ososayensi babona ubuciko bezinye zobuciko, okufakazela umsuka wazo wozalo lwabantu abavela emjahweni wezempi (amahlaya e-cosmic). Lezi zidalwa nazo zikhuthaze izwe ngenhloso yokuphila kwakhe komuntu. Phakathi kwezinto zobuciko, abacwaningi bathola izixhumanisi zomhlaba wabafokazi - iPharadesi. Ngemuva kokulungiswa okufushane, i-spacecraft "Prometheus" yethulwa lapho neqembu lososayensi elisebhodini. Eminyakeni embalwa kamuva abasebenzi bafinyelela emgomweni, futhi ekugcineni abantu bahlangana nabadali babo abaziqhenyayo 'ngezingane' abaye bathola izinga eliphakeme lobuhlakani obunjalo. Njengomvuzo, abafokazi bahlukaniswe ngabantu ngolwazi lwabo olutholwe ngokucwaninga ubuchwepheshe be-bio-technology. Kodwa-ke, elinye lamalungu eqembu elithi "Prometheus" lalokhu akwanele, futhi intshontsha ikhodi yomthombo we-bio. I-Terraforming.
Onkulunkulukazi abangamazwe athikazi bawela ulaka futhi bajaha abantu ukuze basuse izidalwa zokungaboli ngezikhali zemvelo. Kodwa-ke, iqembu le-Prometheus linendlela ethile yokusebenzisa izikhali zomsebenzi ezisindayo ngokumelene nabadali bayo. Ngenxa yalokho, izidalwa ezihlakaniphile kakhulu, ezimbi nezikhulu ezabhubhisa iPharadesi.
Futhi naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi "Prometheus" ukwazile ukubalekela iplanethi ebekiwe, okuwukuphela kwe- "cosmic jockey" ehamba ngayo ukufeza umsebenzi wokugcina - ukusonga ulaka lonkulunkulu emhlabathini.
I-Perment Premiere izoba ngoJuni 8, 2012, izindima eziyinhloko kwifilimu izodlala iCharlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, neRapass ne-Idris Elba.