Alien: Covenant... Does Not Deliver

Rating: 2/10 (29 August 2017)

No spoilers. Here's the thing, Alien: Covenant is a sequel in an anxiously anticipated trilogy but also the latest edition in the 4-decade long Alien series of films. This association/connection to the past brings not just anticipation and excitement but enormous expectations that the story/screenplay utterly fails to deliver on. Even as a stand alone sci-fi film the story line would present issues to any adult audience. The crew supposedly trained an extensive period of time for their mission but their lack of critical thinking about anything is difficult to get past. All the more surprising because the very talented director Ridley Scott also directed the original Alien film back in 1979. He's familiar with the story so what happened with this mess??? Casting is only so so, perhaps with a better story their individual talents could have made a difference but they collectively didn't work here, not at all like a crew and way too stupid/obtuse to believe. Did like Katherine Waterston though. The one positive aspect of the film is the CGI, it's great. To be honest a huge part of the problem for me, fair or not, is that Alien: Covenant is tied to the conclusion and promise made by its predecessor, Prometheus. The ongoing search for answers to where we come from and how humans evolved from the advanced civilization we presume to be responsible. All I'll say is regrettable they totally blew it off. Too bad.