On one level, this is an effective film with a few good scares and decent gory moments which even manage to invert and nod at the classic scene in the first Alien; but it is also a Ridley Scott film and so while it is technically and visually stunning as always, one also expects more than simply the retreat that we have here. As slick and well made as it is, what?lacking is originality, as the narrative follows a far too familiar plotting and pacing in which anyone who has seen the Alien films or any of the subsequent knock-offs (the recent Life for example) will see the twist and turns coming a mile away.
When the inevitable gruesomeness happens, it just doesn?t have the same shocking effect. It doesn't?t help that the new batch of characters are fairly disposable, underwritten and often also irritating. As for Michael Fassbender, doing double duty here as androids David and Walter, his cold and creepy portrayals are perfect, with a few nuances thrown in to differentiate between the two; but he is lumbered with ponderous and borderline pretentious dialogue when perhaps less is more (and more effective ? as the more the film explains, the less convincing it seems to be). All the God/creator talk mumble-jumble ultimately feels like the filmmakers trying too hard to justify these prequels? existence. Contrivances and inconsistencies (and random plot-driven alien gestation periods) aside, I did enjoy the film but I want to like it more, and in the end, I find myself faced with reviewing 2 films here: a mainstream space-horror-slasher film that does the job and a Ridley Scott film that doesn't?t fare as well.
Laughably bad characterisation, bad pacing, heavy-handed Christ metaphors every ten seconds, messy action scenes, a fairly ridiculous plot and a complete disregard for even the original Alien film.If you liked Prometheus, this film literally bombs any leftover questions from that film and practically retcons it out of the franchise. If you liked Alien, this film get pretty much every aspect of the established Xenomorph lore wrong and denotes the creature to a mindless trope as well as presenting it with computer graphics that look like they belong in a film from a decade ago (there's also a 6" tall, fully formed Xenomorph being told to mimic a Christ pose and actually doing it - we're practically in Space Balls territory here).
If you just like sci-fi or even just movies, then expect even more ridiculous actions from practically every character in this film and good luck keeping them apart as no-one gets any introduction, background or character development. The film also later turns into a space slasher but lacks any suspense or sense of danger and every kill is telegraphed several minutes in advance, making them just another scene you have to get through. On the positive side, spaceships and suits are handled well, look and sound great and Michael Fassbender and Danny McBride (surprisingly) are quite on-spot, even though they're dealing with a mess of a script. The film is a laughable mess that manages to insult and taunt both the legacy of the original Alien films as well as retroactively make Ridley Scott's first Alien look like a happy accident. Avoid at all cost.
Saw the original Alien-best scary movie ever. Saw Alien Covenant last night.-worst scary movie ever. The plot is so predictable and the whole movie is a retread of every Alien movie idea. How many times are you going to have the embryo punch through someone's chest? How many times is the robot going to turn on the humans to protect the wonderful Alien species? This movie was a waste of money. Huge Alien fan here and Alien Covenant stands as my 3rd favorite Alien movie below the two original films Alien covenant has Blood, guts, and suspense and great scenes with twists if you don't take the movie too seriously or nitpicky about everything you will definitely enjoy this film.
The movie was predictable, inconsistent, poorly paced, terribly rushed at parts, and just kind of pretentiously dull. Changes made to pre-established characters felt like they were handwaved for convenience. Some characters felt like imitations of previous characters in the franchise. Visually stunning and Fassbender - as always - is brilliant. But Alien Covenant delivers one take home message, 'humans are too stupid to live'. If you thought the crew was dumb in Prometheus, prepare yourself for new vistas of dumbness that make even the Prometheus crew look like Mensa candidates.all and all this wasn't alien. This was Micheal Fassbender playing Gollum with alien paint on it. Not the worst in the series but a long haul away from the first two films.
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