What have I become?

Rating: 9/10 (3 June 2017)

Here in the UK, this film was slagged off before it even came out. Prometheus hurt a lot of us; spiritually, financially, cramp from sitting in the cinema bored stiff for 2.5 hours. So much to my surprise, when me bird suggested we go and see Alien Covenant I reluctantly accompanied her and enjoyed the film as much as was possible.
Yes, some of the same devices from previous Alien films are used in this one, but it works somehow. Where Prometheus struggled to hold form, Alien Covenant uses the old set-ups to squeeze a bit of tension and propulsion out of the story, so by the end it was futile to resist that you had just been entertained.
This is not an Ingmar Bergman film and will not impress you for the rest of your life but it is good, much better than the toilet media made out and worth a viddy, whether you like Alien or not.