Noooooope.

Rating: 2/10 (2 June 2020)

I love the Alien franchise. Even the much maligned Resurrection works for me. Then Prometheus happened and, despite some epic visuals & a beautiful score, it was a horrific mess. So hope wasn't high for the sequel. And Covenant follows much the same path. Disappointment.
Whilst the opening promises much with stunning visuals and nice development of suspense a la the original film, it quickly descends into the failings that hampered Prometheus. The narrative is so convoluted that it relies on heavy exposition to really reveal what is going on.
Katherine Waterston does a good job once you get past the early parts of the film and Danny McBride is a revelation for me. Those used to the goofball that McBride usually plays may find themselves surprised by the depth he brings to his role. Michael Fassbender is amazing as ever and it does feel as if Ridley Scott has made these two films entirely as a vehicle for him!
In summary, this thing comes across as a pastiche of the original trilogy, harvesting many of the successful tropes of those films and saddling them with a ponderous and awkward story.
So much promise, so poorly executed.