Marred by incomplete conceptualizations and themes....

Rating: 5/10 (28 May 2017)

Alien Covenant is marred by incomplete conceptualizations and themes.
Like Prometheus, this film fails to gel the concepts found in the early Aliens films. The result is a film that offers up incomplete, dis-articulated themes. You have segues into the world of the creators, the aliens but like the hasty back story that tries to explain the whole proposition, its all too brief and sketchy to amount to anything, as a whole.
For viewers like myself, looking for some semblance of an epiphany of sorts, the result is deflation and frustration in equal measure.
Is there an upside? The acting is good and the special effects are decent. Scott does know how to create a very believable futuristic setting but sadly whilst the table is well set, the plates are empty.
All in all, yet another film in the Aliens trilogy that's wholly unremarkable and given it offers nothing of substance, instantly forgettable. Five out of ten from me.