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Cynicus Rex

Alien: Covenant was a failure as soon as I saw the crew using 8 character passcodes to open doors in the twenty-second century. These can literally be brute forced within seconds on a regular PC, today. From here on out I couldn't keep count of the mistakes. I was literally speechless in the end, not knowing what to criticize first. Some elementary research could've gone a long way.

If I cared about my birthday I'd say this was a crappy birthday present. But I don't, so I'll stick with saying that it's a crappy movie.

7 years ago

beth_teth

one too many Michael Fassbenders in it for me

7 years ago

Ekati

He (or she) is from the future and have already seen this movie, duh ;)

10 years 3 months ago

Thumser

Exactly, Shpadoinkle..
spoiler

7 years ago

ikkegoemikke

"They disobeyed a direct order.
She buried her husband.
No, Karine, it's not that.
They don't trust me.
And they don't trust me for the same reason the company didn't trust me … to lead this mission."

I never thought I would ever ask the following question: "Mr. Scott, could you draw a line under the whole Alien franchise and concentrate on other projects? Please?". As an "Alien" fan of the first hour, I was deeply disappointed about this film. In hindsight I thought "Exodus : Gods and Kings" was even better. It's best they forget about "Alien : Covenant Sequel" which is scheduled to appear in 2019.

I was actually more excited about "Prometheus" than about this creation. I ignored the whole fuss about the religious and existential aspects in "Prometheus". In my opinion "Prometheus" was a relief after the disastrous parts III and IV of the "Alien" saga. Admittedly, the xenomorphs weren't omnipresent in "Prometheus". But the graphics were unprecedented and made my SF heart race again. Scott brought a breath of fresh wind in this SF horror. In "Alien: Covenant" it's more like a used wind. On the one hand, the functional goal of this film is the cause of this. After all, it's just a bridge between the "Prometheus" project and the older "Alien" work. But on the other hand, it's the ease with which this movie is made that lies at the base. Because ultimately it's nothing but a recycling of old material.

In "Prometheus" a spacecraft was launched into space to search for the so-called creators ("Engineers") of humanity. In the end, they discover that these creators want to wipe their creations of the table. The end of the film shows a glimpse of creatures that cause death and destruction in the "Alien" saga afterwards.

Now we see the spacecraft "Covenant", loaded with colonists and embryos, which (as in "Passengers") is heading for a planet in another solar system to set up a new colony. Until the ship is hit by a "neutrino burst" and the crew is shaken roughly out of their artificial sleep. When one of the crew members receives a signal from John Denver's "Take me home" during a repair, they set course to the origin of the signal without hesitation. And thus they end up on a planet with similar living conditions as on Earth. Moreover, they find traces of a previous landing.

Despite the fact that "Alien: Covenant" is no more than a link between the "Prometheus" narrative and the original first episode, this movie started promising. In retrospect, however, it's nothing more than a rehashing of previously used ideas. Even the numerous Aliens didn't impress me. The aggressive and intimidating look of the space monster in the first films ensured some terrifying movie moments. In this film, they weren't exactly very intelligent and far from slimy. The only original twist in this film was the side those creatures chose to burst out of a human body this time.

As a die-hard fan of the Alien saga, I was waiting impatiently (even though I'm not in favor of prequels and sequels) for this new episode and I was also expecting big things. Therefor it's a great disappointment when I saw how such an original and infamous epic story was reduced to the level of a meaningless, brain-dead soap purely based on commercial considerations.

Even though the visual aspect was of an unprecedented level (after all Ridley Scott was holding the reins) and the first half hour (despite the cliché content) was promising, I came to the conclusion that the obtained result was shamefully bad. The Aliens weren't terrifying and at one point they looked like the Velociraptors from "Jurassic Park". Some scenes were basically moronic. And be honest, Katherine Waterston will never be able to match Ripley's masterly played character. The only plus and admirable part was the double role of Michael Fassbender.

When are they going to realize in Hollywood when a sequel to a successful film has nothing significantly contribute to the story and just simply repeats parts of the original (repackaged), one can better refrain from this release. But I get it. The movie has gained a loyal crowd of fans who look forward to any new episode. It doesn't matter how bad it is, there'll always be a huge audience to check it out. In most cases this enthusiasm is being followed by disillusion. There are countless other examples. From "Die Hard" to "Terminator". Or take a look at "Beverly Hills cop", "Nightmare on Elm street" and "Home alone".

The pilot film is sensational and unique. In some cases, the sequel offers added value and is highly entertaining. But from then on, it usually goes downhill. There's nothing great about these sequels. The only reason for their existence is pure commercial. Shame on you Mr. Scott. To be honest, I never expected you to fall for that.

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6 years 8 months ago

iago-rotten

Well, it's still better than Alien vs Predator. LOL

6 years 10 months ago

Torgo

Imagine you have TWO Michael Fassbenders in your film and somehow Life ended up being the better Alien film that year. Ouch.

3 years 2 months ago

Windill

Annoying.
The movie's amazing visuals and overall good original idea are spoiled by poor casting and lazy storytelling: unglamourous and underdevelopped characters, idiotic crew, self-spoilers, without mentioning the author's pathetic fascination for racist imaginaire and women murdering.

4 years 10 months ago

danisanna

It's entertaining. Nowhere near the brilliance of the first, but it's not terribly bad. Some really weird moments though.

4 years 10 months ago

Earring72

Better than Prometheus with some good thrills but the stupidity of the characters makes it sometimes hard too care. Also it's lacking in danger because you already know…….this will not work out well. Fassbender is good again as Walter/David.

5 years 6 months ago

aussieflickfan

It wasn't bad but I was never going to buy it full price, put it that way. Ridley does a great job on THE MARTIAN, then goes downhill on his next sci fi outing - a shame.

6 years 6 months ago

DisneyStitch

One of the reviewers on the DVD dust jacket claimed that this was "better than Aliens!" which is pure herecy. This movie differs from Prometheus in that with the previous movie we couldn't figure out whether or not to actually call it an Alien film whereas in this one, the title clearly proclaims it, and it isn't that good at all.

Character development is almost non-existent, couldn't care less when so-and-so gets decapitated by an alien and after the movie is over the only human character's name I remembered was Danny McBride's character as "Tennessee", and the androids, of course. It's as if Ridley Scott totally forgot what was one of the most essential parts of the classic films, the resonance of the characters. These actors might as well be aliens themselves for all the development they get. James Franco's part (barely even a part) in the movie is hilariously pointless. The movie is also unbelievably predictable and the plot twist at the end is hardly a twist at all if you have assumed from the get-go that's what happened off screen.

I could be wrong, but I find that I'm starting to care less and less how the classic Xenomorph has come into existence with all the black goo and deadly pathogen nonsense. I'm to the point that all I want are classic Alien movies and possibly the next film will be a step in that direction.

6 years 6 months ago