Alien: Covenant

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Alien: Covenant

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Released May 19, 2017

2h 2m

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Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, members (Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup) of the colony ship Covenant discover what they think to be an uncharted paradise. While there, they meet David (Michael Fassbender), the synthetic survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition. The mysterious world soon turns dark and dangerous when a hostile alien life-form forces the crew into a deadly fight for survival.

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Critics Consensus

Alien: Covenant delivers another satisfying round of close-quarters deep-space terror, even if it doesn't take the saga in any new directions.

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Karen Han

Slashfilm

Even if the twists and turns in the plot aren't too hard to see coming, there's a distinct joy that [Ridley] Scott takes in setting up and setting off each of those traps.

Rated: 8/10

Dec 8, 2017

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Kristen Lopez

Culturess

Covenant works best when it's honoring Alien and massively fails when it hearkens back to Prometheus.

Nov 20, 2017

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K. Austin Collins

The Ringer

There's an air of mystery to Alien: Covenant that the movie can't live up to, because for all its interest in what it all means, it has relatively little to show for all that idle questioning.

Aug 10, 2017

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Justin Kim

Loud and Clear Reviews

Alien: Covenant aims for two birds with one stone and grazes both; perhaps actually striking one might have been better.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 6, 2025

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Casey Chong

Casey's Movie Mania

[The] story falls flat as [Alien: Covenant] cares more about exploring the familiar been-there, done-that territory rather than continuing to embrace the philosophical storytelling approach seen in Prometheus.

Rated: 2.5/5

Aug 15, 2024

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Peter Bell

Vague Visages

Another look at the power of creation and destruction.

Jun 22, 2023

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Fernando C

Película totalmente sin sentido, un insulto a lo que fueron las originales

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/25

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Kevin P

A mixed bag of movie where half of it is fascinating and a visual marvel while the other half is stock horror cliches mixed in with an overbearingly nihilistic tone that gets frustrating by the time the twist ending rolls around. David is fascinating with his ties to perfecting the Xenomorphs, finding his “brother” with Walter, and killing off the engineers, though he pushes his luck with the cliché switch-a-roo ending. It’s a decent follow-up to Prometheus, but sadly shares its same flaws to give us the imperfect prequel to the perfect film about the perfect organism.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/25

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Topher S

why the characters gotta be so dumb tho'?

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/25

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David R

I'm a huge Alien fan and I loved this movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/25/25

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Ryan B

There isn't a single justification to be had to insult the intelligence of a decades long fan base. This double down of Prometheus stupidity just has added tropes, like the lone hermit gone rogue that was done in several sci-fi movies made prior to it. This movie should be rated R so we don't have children thinking this is the standard for being a scientist, more so than for its gore.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/22/25

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Leo S

It’s still not a good movie, but I don’t think it’s as bad as people think it is. I get the characters in this movie are super dumb, but a small percentage of them are alright. David is still a pretty cool character. I like the Neomorphs, and even the Xenomorphs in this movie are pretty terrifying. But overall this is just a mediocre movie.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/22/25

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Synopsis

Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, members (Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup) of the colony ship Covenant discover what they think to be an uncharted paradise. While there, they meet David (Michael Fassbender), the synthetic survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition. The mysterious world soon turns dark and dangerous when a hostile alien life-form forces the crew into a deadly fight for survival.

Director: Ridley Scott
Producer: Ridley Scott, Mark Huffam, Michael Schaefer, David Giler, Walter Hill
Screenwriter: John Logan, Dante Harper
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Brandywine Productions, Scott Free Productions
Rating: R (Language|Bloody Images|Sci-Fi Violence|Some Sexuality/Nudity)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 19, 2017, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 10, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $74.2M
Runtime: 2h 2m
Sound Mix: Datasat, Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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