There's a dark voice in hell

Rating: 10/10 (18 May 2017)

I'm still waiting for Ridley Scott to match the sheer perfection of the original "Alien" for it's such a work of art that David would truly appreciate how the game of cat and mouse puts that original crew to hell, and we feel every bit of anxiety and horror as the film progresses to its climax. It's indeed a thing of beauty.
There's much beauty in "Covenant", but it highlights the horrors of the human mind and the power of creation, which wouldn't exist without destruction and some mayhem. To begin, the movie begins a decade after the end of "Prometheus" and things start falling apart in many ways, only to get even worse when the new crew arrives in the new planet. It's during this segment that it becomes clear that these group of people have an incredible and lethal enemy to face.
David eventually makes an appearance, and we quickly learn what happened in this "relatively quiet" world when he and the doctor arrived. The seed that was planted in "Prometheus" has blossomed into a horrific being, a twisted version of Genesis if we mixed this with a quick descent into Hades, and a mutant emerges with even a darker vision of the future. It's something that makes the original "xenomorphs" look like bunny rabbits.
Things continue to decompose into something worse. There is a combination of quiet philosophical moments that make you cringe as you hear discussions that make you wonder what the original engineers' plans were, what made David take such drastic actions, and how his "brother" will interact with him, and who will cross the line first and why.
Fassbender knew he had the role of a lifetime when he decided to play the two parts (Walter/David). He is such a master of precise diction and able to evoke feelings and emotions with a simple look. Words are most of the time unnecessary as we see his mind planning the next move. Unfortunately for the rest of the cast, the spotlight never leaves him, and even the new and improved monsters do quite a bit of impressive damage, we continue to hold our breaths, waiting for David and Walter's next moves.
The film is gorgeous and gives us at times a treat when we feel the claustrophobia and fear which were staples in the original. There is plenty of contrast between what see as beauty, and what others consider a manifestation of their own conception of what is beautiful. Scott is in control here, and the film will require people to be a little cerebral regarding the science / philosophy behind the creation of the monsters. If we have seen a manifestation of complete evil, "Covenant" will give you a taste of what it might be.
The ending is truly diabolical, setting the stage for whatever is brewing in the minds of the screenwriters. Let it be said that a film is as good as its main villain, and we certainly both yearn and fear to see what is heading our way.