Occasionally provides basic enjoyment, but is only an amalgamation of what worked before with all the energy and innovation drained out.

Rating: 5/10 (5 March 2018)

Serving as a kind of connective-tissue between 'Prometheus' and the rest of the 'Alien' franchise, attempting to marry the grand philosophising of the former with the claustrophobic sci-fi scares of the latter, this familiar tale of a mission-gone-awry sees the much anticipated return of the traditional xenomorph. Unfortunately, though 'Alien: Covenant (2017)' does occasionally work on the most basic of levels, with some set-pieces providing 'turn-your-brain-off' enjoyment, the stupidity of the characters and over-use of unobscured CGI drags the experience down until it's nothing more than an amalgamation of what once worked with all the energy and innovation drained from it. 5/10