Can't give it too low a score, because we still get to see Aliens killing humans, but not great either

Rating: 6/10 (2 January 2018)

'Alien: Covenant' is number 6 or 8 in the franchise, depending if you count the 'Alien Vs Predator' films, or not. It's a sequel to 'Prometheus', but a prequel to the original four 'Alien' films. Confusing? It doesn't matter too much, but Fassbender as the cyborg, Walter, links this film to 'Prometheus', where he was David. As such, he plays a large role in the plot, which is similar to all that has gone before - in the 22nd century, the crew is awoken from their "hyper-sleep" early by a mini-disaster and decide to stop on a nearby plant. What could possibly go wrong?
I'm not really sure what Ridley Scott was going for here (only his third film in the franchise) - a mix of 'Alien' and 'Aliens', since it involves a bit of action on a planet, but also the final scenes trapped on a ship. Unfortunately, it's not done as well as either of those films. It takes over 40min for anything to happen, but because there's 15 characters, we don't get to learn much about them - just that Oram (Crudup) is the captain, Daniels (Waterson) his second-in-command and Tennessee (McBride) is the comic relief, that doesn't get any jokes - and that it's unlikely more than 20% of them will survive.
The film could've done more to explore the "Creators" that were set-up in 'Prometheus', but it's only alluded to a little, with a slight twist being revealed. Both "twists" aren't that shocking, and while there's some good gore, there's no truly scary or tense moments. I almost wish they went a little less serious with it. I thought the finished about three times before it did end, and left me asking if it was necessary?