The Alien franchise has alienated itself

Rating: 3/10 (25 July 2017)

Once upon a time a film was presented to the world that proved to be revolutionary and will now go down as an all time classic, that film of course is Ridley Scott's original masterpiece "Alien".
Since those glory days many an Alien film has hit the silver screen, and finally, this year, we have been presented with what can only be described as the pits, Alien: Covenant is a lazy, pathetic attempt to keep the franchise alive.
What makes this film worse is that it was indeed directed by Ridley Scott, the director of the original Alien film, oh what have you done dear Ridley have you seen how atrocious your talents have become?
Let's start with the weak, I've seen it all before, plot. The ship "Covenant" carrying quite a number of settlers who will make this new, perfect world they are travelling to their home, are sadly escorted by the worst most abysmal crew possible.
You guessed it, there had to be a snag that takes the crew off course, this being a homing beacon originating from a nearby planet, a planet that appears to be quite the paradise. Yes the crew, abandoning their mission altogether have to investigate..., but upon arrival the planet isn't what it appears to be, danger lurks around every corner and before long, they are swamped by a swarm of xenomorphs (or aliens to you and me).
Fighting for their lives, the crew are lead "gallantly" by Daniels (Katherine Waterston) who appears to be out of her depth both character wise and in real life.
Ahh yes, and after wondering for nearly an hour where Michael Fassbender was, alas the man pops up over half way through the film, coming to the aid of the Covenants crew, or was he?
The only positive I can take from Alien:Covenant was the double act Michael Fassbender was pulling, playing both David and Walter, these scenes seemed carefully scripted and was well acted.
Was Alien: Covenant deemed to fail from the very beginning, as the second film in a proposed trilogy, it was a serious step down from the much better "Prometheus", and it begs the question if the second film was this bad, what will the second and last film be like, it has got to go some way to be worse than Alien: Covenant.
If you're going to watch this film, please go in with your expectations drastically lowered or you'll be left sorely disappointed.