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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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Darcy J one of the best projections of the alien, however everything else was weak and poor. the twist of david was unneccesary. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/25/25 Full Review prawnda s extensive edits aside (good riddance to franko), this movie came out in great condition. there's a lot of lore here to unpack and it's just about as good as prometheus was. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/23/25 Full Review James B Not as good as Prometheus, Alien covenant is still quite a good sequel and prequel with more scares and some fantastic performances. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/02/25 Full Review Family Account A To follow up Prometheus with this is downright sacrilege. I loved Prometheus and have seen it many times, which is not something I can often do. I've read about the original intention for the sequel and I hate that we got Covenant instead. It felt like something I'd seen before and just didn't have the kind of vision that Prometheus did. It didn't feel like it came from the same group of people. Maybe someday we'll get the sequel we should have gotten but until then I'd skip this one or put it toward the end of the Alien movies to watch. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 05/01/25 Full Review Anthony V Absolute let down, especially after Prometheus which was so good. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/30/25 Full Review Josh A I'm guessing this is how people who don't like Alien 3 see Alien 3. As someone who liked Prometheus, this was a bit of a disappointment. It's an alright movie, pretty average, it just frustrates me. Let's begin. So, this movie was meant to be a sequel to Prometheus, and that's what it is. But it doesn't really link. They killed off Elizabeth Shaw and the Engineers without a word and instead made a story about Xenomorphs. Just... why even make Prometheus 2 if this is what it's gonna be like? And David's here, but he's a villain? Why? But at the very least, the ending was cool. It was a bleak ending and quite dark, as the crew will forever be experimented on, and the Xenomorph has been officially created. The music fits it well, as it concludes David's arc in this film and brings it full circle. I still don't get why they made David a villain, but it worked, I guess. Overall, it's a disappointing sequel to Prometheus, but at least it's easy to ignore as Prometheus never needed a sequel. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/21/25 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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