No need to alienate yourself from this one

Rating: 7/10 (31 May 2017)

Director Ridley Scott is no stranger to the "Alien" series, as the original director of "Alien". So, one would think Covenant would be a familiar and exciting ride into outer space. Familiar it is, outstanding it's not. Following the "it thing" in movies and TV, Michael Fassbender does a nice job as both Walter (the good) and David (the bad) robots who work along side a rather inept crew (Katherine Waterston "Inherent Vice,". Billy Crudup "Jackie," Danny McBride "TV's Vice Principals," Demian Bichir "Weeds," and Carmen Ejogo " Selma" to name a few) charged with colonizing another plant with embryos. While exploring an unexplored land on the way to their mission, the Alien's birth and the excitement finally starts rolling. Lucky for that, because the first several minutes of Walter's dialogue with his father (Guy Pearce) is time consuming and unnecessary for the storyline, as is the cameo appearance of James Franco (Branson), the husband of one of the crew members. The good thing about this film is that, even if you "been there, done that," the film's outer limits cinematography and those pesky Aliens at least sustain one's interested. No need to alienate yourself from this one. The film is at least familiar and interesting.