Getting a bead on a heretofore undiscovered solar system, a corporation headed by ancient Peter Weyland (an unrecognizable Guy Pearce, «L.A. Confidential»), finances the journey with Captain Janek (Idris Elba, «Thor «-RRB- in charge and overseen by
stoic ice queen Meredith Vickers (Charlize Theron, much less animated than her role in «Snow White and the Huntsman «-RRB-.