Not a terrible film, but lacking any trace of ambition or inspiration.

Rating: 6/10 (12 August 2017)

The only compliments I can pay Alien Covenant (the latest attempt to make the Alien franchise relevant again) is that at 2 hours the film didn't feel like it dragged and that it was fairly well directed.
However, with a screenplay lacking any new ideas or inspiration, plus some baffling, unexplained events and character behaviours, it really has nothing that will stick with you after leaving the cinema. We have a crew that exhibit little to no personality, thus we have no reason to care when they start dying. I honestly cannot remember any of their names. We have a Xenomorph that most of the time is CG (and honestly not very impressive CG) which removes so much of the Alien's menace. In the original film, when we see the visceral, solid Alien with shiny sharp teeth, breath coming from its mouth while actual drool drips from its mouth, THAT is scary. That Ridley Scott of all people doesn't understand this major difference is baffling to me.
Alien Covenant shows a director who has sadly lost all inspiration in his craft. As bad as Prometheus was, at least it had ambition to take the franchise in a different direction. Alien Covenant is simply a forgettable experience.