Such Promise Wiped Away With Ease

Rating: 4/10 (24 May 2017)

With great anticipation Alien Covenant was supposed to be another pinnacle to the reborn franchise. Alas, we seem to be back to square one as anything meaningful that Prometheus brought was struck away with this mediocre addition
In a few steps we went from Aliens to the Walter and David show. The movie takes 45 minutes before it really starts.The capacity of the crew for reasoning is just plain illogical and appealing. It was as if this movie could not work well if these people didn't just cross from stupidity to absurdity. What is saddening the most is that the Aliens take kind of a tertiary role. The work that Prometheus did to at the same time bring something new to the franchise and stay away from it with a minimal connection at the end was very endearing and promising. This one seems like it is sinking a nail in the coffin again.
As for android Walter and David, you seem lost at times. The back story is lacking. Walter's motives seem unjustified by any logic. And even if we stay with that ill-defined logic, during the course of the movie we feel he is more like a bipolar person than an android out on a meaningful mission. By the end, you wonder why Walter would decide to go far from his main goal instead of heading back to where his ambitions could come to fruition with no coherent hindrance to stop him
Worst of all is the ending which is so evident and no mastery applied or even intrigue to let the audience guess. There is no grand finale to reward your attention. Those who sought so much to know more about "The Engineers" are cheated so cheaply that the viewer is left agonizingly wanting. Some parts of the movie are just plain uplifts from Aliens 1,2 and 3.
Prometheus had started something so hopeful to rekindle our attention and yet, Covenant is such an undeserving continuation.