Alien: Covenant plays it safe by mashing together the best elements of previous Alien films, delivering a solid sci-fi horror/thriller in the process. Alien: Covenant was a good quintessential Alien movie. If you were looking for answers and an explanation of what happened after Prometheus; only expect, beyond the obvious, a few vague ones.
An upgrade from Prometheus, Alien: Covenant amps up the thrills but doesn't deliver a memorable. Alien: Covenant Is an Origin Story We Might Not Have Wanted. Read Common Sense Media's Alien: Covenant review, age rating, and parents guide.
It is a standard rehash of the same story we've seen five times before. Alien: Covenant is déjà vu all over again. Alien: Covenant is the bloodiest this franchise has been in a long time, but it isn't scary. The film is a beautiful symphony performed with amateur instruments. A new chapter, Alien: Covenant, has arrived as the grand unifier. And the result is one mightily impressive piece of cinematic engineering.
Trailer Alien: Covenant
Narratively, it continues Prometheus' lofty saga of the Engineers and their creation of mankind; their invention, too, of the fiercely adaptive biological weapon. Alien: Covenant is a genetic hybrid of a movie, which combines all your favourite Alien tropes - faces are hugged, chests are burst, quarantine guidelines are wilfully ignored, a resourceful female officer (Katherine Waterston) provides the lone voice of reason - with a spiritual dimension that explores. Half of the Covenant crew is greeted by David then Shaw arrives to try to convince them of what David's real intentions are.
Alien: Covenant is a worthy addition to the Alien franchise for fans who know what to expect, hearkening back to the original films. As a summer blockbuster, it has a bit of an uphill battle, with a slower opening before the real drama begins. So how does the science of Alien: Covenant hold up? "Alien: Covenant" is already proving to be the most divisive blockbuster of the summer, with some critics embracing Scott's attention to world-building Two Movie Critics Debate. Alien: Covenant Movie Review: Although the film presents some interesting concepts regarding the survival of one species over another, it doesn't change the fact that 'Covenant' is by-and-large, a rehash of several elements that made the series work in the first place, and does little to propel it into.