I think Alien is a solid 7/12. The individual elements are pretty good, but the bait and switch really brings it down. I prefer Outland (1981) for the capitalism in space stuff, and Terminator for the sci-fi monster movie stuff. The two themes are both good, but they don’t reach a unification like they do in the sequel, Aliens.

But Mickey 17 is a 10/12 that takes the individual elements of Alien, and makes a better story out of them. The aliens are integrated with the capitalism with a really brilliant twist, and the eventual victory of the heroes over the monsters is much more satisfying.