One international star who seems to be successfully making the transition to American is Noomi Rapace.

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Although she's likeable enough I can't see Noomi Rapace's Shaw proving as durable as Sigourney Weaver's Ripley either.

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The movie then jumps ahead to 2089, when two archeologists, Shaw (Noomi Rapace) and her boyfriend, Holloway (Logan Marshall-Green), discover some cave paintings with figures pointing to a planet or a moon.

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The slow, atmospheric ascent to the top of the roller coaster as scientist Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) and colleagues (they include Sean Harris, Kate Dickie, Idris Elba and Charlize Theron) explore the mysterious planet LV-223.

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