Don't let the title fool you.

Rating: 4/10 (21 May 2017)

To start off, I would like to say I had high hopes for the latest installment of the Alien franchise after learning that Ridly Scott, the director of the original is once again taking the helm of the series after a pair of disappointing sequels. My initial reaction upon witnessing the first part put me at an uneasy place in regard where the film was heading, and it truly lived up to my disappointment, a sequel to Prometheus. Not that it deterred my initial impression once the film began, but I knew the film is going to star David at some point posing as the direct antagonist amongst the misshapen monsters, and boy was I right. I have to give kudos to the life like cinematography, animations and visuals, plus the actors who did a job worth applauding for, but the story itself is where the film starts to decay and spoil my interest, and when we finally witness David from Prometheus did the film its ultimate injustice to the title "Alien Covenant" when it was really just an extension of Scotts previous film Prometheus. Right when David got his screen time, the story started to unfold in front of me, it was absolutely predictable right to the end and the worst part of it was how the Alien itself was treated, not a monster that lords itself over our fears of the dark, but a tacked on decoration to garner an audience, and that wasn't the only gripe I had with the film, the characters themselves are also a huge flop, I didn't cared about any of them, I liked the acting but there are only few characters worth mentioning, Walter, David, the newly promoted captain, and the woman who lost her husband in the beginning. Everyone else just felt like target's set up on the range like most cliché horror movies, there just there to die, no real character development or motive, there was just to many people being casted and none of them I got attached to, especially the ones I highlighted. I felt Ridly Scott didn't take the time to flesh all of them out more, they just played their roles until a CGI monster showed up and ended their role in the story, but the most insulting thing of all is the aliens role itself, its so minor compared to David's role, and it got so little screen time despite the films title "Alien Covenant", when Ridly should have called "Prometheus 2 Covenant". I apologise if I shed too much light to the plot for those who wish to see the movie, but I felt like I had to write this as a forewarning to those who are excited to see the alien reclaim it's crown of achievement, not be overshadowed by the continued plot of a shallow film with no direction and has once again added another tally to the number of bad Alien IP. Mark my words, had the title not have been Alien let alone the Xenomorph starred its role, this movie would have struggled to gain an audience and would be forced to stand on its own feet.