20% new, 80% predictable

Rating: 6/10 (23 May 2017)

I liked the AI, human imperfection and creator of life macro story line a lot and it was developed pretty well in Prometheus and Covenant. I think most people are with me here. Covenant, however, doesn't uncover all a lot of the mysteries. We'll just have to wait and pay for another sequel. Yeah, this is not a self-contained movie. You'll have to watch Prometheus to understand a lot of the scenes.
Most part of the movie are predictable and clichéd. Something wrong happened, people react to it wrongly or make a series of mistakes. Then they die horribly to the killing monsters. That sums up all Alien movie. There isn't any surprises. The characters pretty much have DEAD written on their faces. And the crew make very unprofessional and emotion-driven decisions. It can get annoying to watch some of those.
On the other hand, the visuals are great and it was shot beautifully. If there is more thoughts into the main conflict and climax to make it fresh and unpredictable. This movie could been epic.
Overall I still think it's worth watching and I believe this franchise has great potential. I want to know more about the Alien world after watching it.