Good Story With Plenty Of Action

Rating: 7/10 (19 May 2017)

I saw "Alien:Covenant", starring Michael Fassbender-Assassin's Creed, Steve Jobs; Katherine Waterston-Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Steve Jobs; Billy Crudup-Spotlight, Mission:Impossible 3 and Danny McBride-Rock the Kasbah, Eastbound & Down_tv.
This is a sequel to the 2012 Prometheus and the second in a trilogy that takes place before the 1979 original Alien. It is directed by Ridley Scott who directed both Prometheus and the first Alien. It is more action packed than Prometheus and you get plenty of chest busting scenes for your money. Michael plays an android on a space ship heading for a distant planet in hopes of starting a new colony. The ship has 15 crew members and 2,000 colonists on board, all in sleep mode except for Michael, who is keeping an eye on things. After a cosmic storm wakes up the crew members, a message is intercepted and decided by the ship's captain, Billy, to investigate-never a good idea in these types of movies. They discover more than they bargained for; besides little alien creatures attacking from all sides, they find another android that looks just like their very own Michael. And he has some es-plainin' to do. Katherine is next in command-you know they will soon need someone-and she plays a tough female lead, in the vein of Sigourney Weaver's Ripley character. Danny plays the pilot of the ship and by the way, the name of the ship is the Covenant-which means an agreement or a promise. It's rated "R" for sci-fi violence, bloody images, language and sexual content-including nudity-and has a running time of 2 hours & 2 minutes. I thought it was a good story with plenty of action and I would buy it on Blu-Ray.