Much better than the reviews lead me to believe

Rating: 9/10 (1 November 2018)

I really don't know what the hell drugs people are smoking, but the hate for this film is almost as irrational as the hate for ... Well, to keep it focused, Alien Covenant is a great film. It is not a perfect film, no film is. Alien (1979) comes close, actually, which is why we are here today discussing Alien Covenant in the first place.
Alien Covenant moves the story along from Prometheus and advances the origin of the Xenomorphs while giving us visual eye candy along the way. The soundtrack recalls that of the original, mixed in with aural reminders of Prometheus and really ties the whole series together sonically. I just don't get why people are so universally bent against this film. If you are an Alien fan and a Prometheus fan, this film joins its brothers in telling the saga of man's encounter with alien life, in all its horrible glory.