A gory, sci-fi monster movie, but that's all Covenant really is.

Rating: 7/10 (29 May 2017)

Covenant brings Alien back to its roots; well thought out Science Fiction horror. With quotes from Frankenstein, and the whole aspect of Darwinistic creation and destruction, Covenant lives up to the hype but at a cost. The recipe is simple: tension, scares, buckets of blood and yet the movie feels empty until a certain point, where it just starts to get weird. While providing opportunities to cover your eyes with a blanket, does that make it truly terrifying? The obsessive gore and repetitive story blunts the edge. It runs amok with in- depth characters and surprising twists, and each death has a lasting impact throughout the film. Even better, the female lead is strong and independent. Past all of the creation and destruction philosophy, Covenant also serves up a tasty dish of clichéd horror moments, borrowing from movies like Wes Craven's Scream, but inventing enough to remain original. The memorable shower sequence is an excellent example of this. Fortunately, the story has more thumbs-up moments than down. Overall, repetitive (yet effective) work Scott, but some slow moments towards the movies center bring it down once again with repetitive action sequences, slow churning dialogue, but Fassbender's fabulous performance (as two different characters) lightens the weight.