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Alien: Covenant

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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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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 Full Review Kristen Lopez Culturess Covenant works best when it's honoring Alien and massively fails when it hearkens back to Prometheus. Nov 20, 2017 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Peter Bell Vague Visages Another look at the power of creation and destruction. Jun 22, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Adam M The cinematography was good, the story however, was predictable. In addition, it suffers from the main failing of Prometheus, characters making stupid decisions in order for the story to move along. Except this time, it happens way more often, to more characters. This was very frustrating to watch. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/08/25 Full Review Lee B Rewatched this last night after binging the Alien series the past week. This really does fall at the lower end of the spectrum from where the series started. Incredibly slow to start with idiotic character decisions and complete write off of Promethesus' story to replace it with a mindless Alien running after people. Fassbender is brilliant as David and I enjoyed the synthetic story elements but this should have continued on from Promethesus properly. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/06/25 Full Review Kai C I am a huge alien fan and loved the majority of this movie. Although i feel like by the end i may have been rooting for the alien rather than the humans because of how stupid the characters acted. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/25 Full Review Audience Member I just don't understand this twist in Alien's story, we could have learned more about the Engineers and the Xenomorphs but instead the Prometheus sequel is meaningless. Why does David become a mad scientist who massacres the engineers and Shaw? Instead of going deeper into the story, here we are with yet another massacre of the Xenomorphs (as if there weren't enough...) and no new information on the engineers. Really unfortunate. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/25 Full Review thiago s Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, o filme tem muitas cenas de dialogo do que de ação, e as cenas de ação são fracas e não ajudam em casa nada no filme, teve uma cena que o personagem do Michael fassbender fala com o alien vão se fude, o filme tem poucas cenas que impacta mas são fracas, o que praticamente salva são as cenas que o alien mata os tripulantes, com tudo isso, eu não recomendo esse filme. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/11/25 Full Review Fernando C Película totalmente sin sentido, un insulto a lo que fueron las originales Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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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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