Alien Covenant (2017)

Rating: 2/10 (1 July 2017)

I have been a long time fan of the Alien franchise and I always seem to be waiting for a true final end to Ripley's nightmare. When Ridley Scott put his directorial skills to Prometheus I was hopeful of a fresh approach to the franchise, which we got. But I know all the true fans of Alien wanted just one thing, Ripley's revenge of the xenomorph's with a 5th Alien. I have blogged many times on different sites about my continued frustration of the franchise taking all kinds of different turns, AvP and now the Prometheus sequels and I am just so disappointed! Alien Covenant's story just went so off point. To suggest the android developed the alien 'egg' in a cave like lab, trapped on LV-426 after being stuck there after the disastrous flop of Prometheus is ridiculous. My idea of a good script has always been, keep it real, simple and stick to the story it's what all the fans want. We know it's predictable, just give us a recognisable alien we all love and make sure the suspense and the pure horror of the film is there.... Simple !! So Please if there is a director out there with a script which can finish the franchise and include Sigourney Weaver as Ripley, get it done and do a good job, listen to the fans. STILL.... hopefully waiting for Ripley to kick ass and finish it !!!