"Never mind about the script, give the people what they want: xenomorphs"

Rating: 6/10 (20 May 2017)

Besides the obvious plot holes that have been described in almost every review of this movie so far, the most saddening aspect of this film is how the entire plot comes down to "how can we introduce the xenomorphs back into the franchise as fast as possible?".
You would expect that highly-paid writers would come up with some clever ideas about why the Covenant landed on the Engineer planet, but apparently they have less imagination than about every IMDb user who has seen the film. When the 'climax' of the film is finally attained, the birth of the xenomorph, the action scenes become uninspired: no more aliens lurking in the dark corners (they can just follow his every movement on cctv). Furthermore, the new characters in this film are not memorable at all. Let's just hope Scott will not make this Danny character this generation's Ripley: she has the charisma of a gold fish.
Overall, a mediocre film somewhat saved by the sets and Fassbender's performance, but the least scary in the entire franchise. Missed opportunity. Enough with the prequels and let Blomkamp introduce some new ideas.