This is the worst movie of the franchise

Rating: 4/10 (3 August 2017)

I must start this review by stating two premises: 1, I'm a big, big fan of Riddley Scott films, mostly his first ones. Alien and Blade Runner (maybe my favorite film) are among my favorite movies ever. And 2, I don't like hater reviews. On this basis I didn't pay attention to all the bad reviews around there on this movie and finally I watched it, not with high expectations, I just wanted to see Prometheus sequel which I didn't love as much as original Alien (and Cameron's "Aliens", a pretty decent sequel) but somehow it worked out well for me. I never thought the outcome would be so disappointing. I gave this movie 4/10 and not less because I enjoyed first act and is technically well crafted, that's all. Vissual effects are just OK, cinematography is correct, production design is OK, performances are shallow but they work out decently, music is not brilliant but functional. In respect for all crew, their work and talent involved in this production and a good first act I gave four points. In terms of story, writing and direction, I regret to say this movie is terribly bad, except first act of the movie that is pretty good.. It seems Riddley Scott lost his narrative skills and now I'm happy that Blade Runner is not going to be directed by him, Dennis Villeneuve will surely will do so much better. If you're a fan of Scott and Alien franchise, you can skip this movie, and I mean it. If you are among the people who thought Alien3 and Alien Resurrection killed the franchise and were happy when a new canon was announced leaving these two movies out of it, and new sequels would be filmed, first one supposedly lead by Neil Bloomkamp, and then thought Riddley Scott would make it again with this movie (because Prometheus was not so great but this one would be), first let me tell you that I didn't like Alien3 at all and hated with all my guts Alien Resurrection, but I found Prometheus to be a good movie in spite of all negative reviews it earned. Compared to this movie, Prometheus is glorious. Worst of all is that even that I hated Alien3 and Resurrection, they are much better sequels than this disaster called Alien: Covenant. SPOILERS AHEAD: If you still want to give it a try stop reading, I'll try not to spoil so much but there will be minor spoilers ahead. Prologue: I bit the bait as soon the movie starts. First shot is the close-up of an eye almost identical to Blade Runner's iconic opening. Then the conversation between Walter (Fassbaender) and his "creator" felt like an homage to Blade Runner. I started to believe in this movie instantly. FIRST ACT is not fantastic, but is pretty good! The amazing art direction of original Alien movie is absent, but still we can feel the spirit of Alien here. Scary, funny, gross and terrifying. As soon as SECOND ACT starts, the movie begins to fall apart. From a welcoming David that looks like Obi Wan Kenoby to the ridiculous scene explaining the origin of the creature we all know, this act sucks. THIRD ACT, regretfully, is much worst than prior act. In less words, the movie starts well, turns mediocre and ends catastrophic. It is unoriginal on every aspect of it, the storytelling is erratic and anti-climatic, direction is terrible, the art direction is lame and cannot ever be compared with Alien (and even Aliens) astounding visuals. Character development is the great absent and all of their motivations are taken for granted. Even though Scott made reverences to Blade Runner (robost acted somehow like replicants, even spoke out lines like "that's the spirit" when someone attacked one of them), the movie could have been perfectly directed by a John Doe. This movie was for me the biggest disappointment of the year. My advice: restrain yourself from the urge of watching it just because you love ALien franchise and Scott filmography: in fact those are the main reasons to avoid this movie.