A Deeper, Darker Sci Fi Horror

Rating: 7/10 (25 May 2017)

The sequel to Prometheus opens with a flashback when Weyland succeeded created an android named David. This David that accompanied Weyland to search the greatest mystery of human kind. At the end of the Prometheus Elizabeth Shaw is the only survivor along with David that she saved. many years later, a colony spaceship - Covenant - sent to search an alternative planet for human kind - along with an android crew named Walter but then an accident caused life casualties include Cap.Jacob Branson (James Franco) and some colony. The leadership falls to Oram (Billy Crudup) to lead them all to the paradise planet without give any chance for the crew to mourn and shows no empathy for Daniels (the widow). When they catch signal from a hidden planet, Oram decided to change course - with the official objection from Daniels as the second highest officer. And so they landed, but still Daniels still feel uncomfortable for this green planet hide something mysterious.So, Oram brings his exploration team along to explore and to find the source of the signal monitored by Upworth,Ricks & Tennesse from the outer. So,then two of the member secretly infected by pathogen and less then half hour, they real nightmare begins. In the middle of chaos, David the revealed to safe them...are they really save? I was a fan of Alien movies (Only Alien 1979 and Aliens 1986 - the rest Alien?Trash!!!). Ridley brings out this Alien dark scifi saga alive back from the very beginning starts with Prometheus where at the end of the movie there are only 1 human survivor, Dr.Shaw and she saved David too. In this sequel to Prometheus, the screenplay put more emotion between main characters and more of scary horrifying form of aliens such as deadly pathogen that can turn DNA of the host in less then 1 hour and breeds new life form from inside it's host body. I really love this new kind of horrifying alien form, and how Alien:Covenant build the characters that supposed to be very competent but then easily torn apart and treacherous. And Ridley successfully drag audience to follow all the way to finally acquainted with the alien that the first time Ridley brought to screen in 1979 (xenomorph) that David called so as the perfect creation. But, somehow i think that the parasite pathogen that scattered everywhere in that green horror planet is more scary and more efficient to breed vicious alien,. And by the way why the rest of the crews not showing any surprise that they just saved by a person that looks exactly as Walter? And there is not even conversation between them and David where he's came from...the connection between him and the spaceship. But i impressed the landscape shot on the green mysterious planet..and how perfectly Daniels express her wonder that they hear not a sound of birds or animal.If this planet has everything that all living creatures on earth need to start a new beginning...if this planet is a paradise..why they see nothing but just a sound of waterfall from afar.What i actually feel about this sequel is that Ridley bring this Alien saga into a new whole dimension of scifi horror...that still left questions unanswered...even since the Prometheus..why? the big giant bald pale skin hated human?that is a big question that still running around in my head. And Fasbender successfully performed as 2 android characters at the same time the sympathetic Walter and the psychopath genius David (psychopath? David is a robot for haven sake...no words can describe this). Finally, this... Ridley really escalate his Alien saga not just into a deeper and darker alien movie but a step closer bringing Alien as a new legend in the film making history