Alien: Covenant

Name: Alien: Covenant
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Horror
Released: May 19, 2017
Duration: 122 min
Rating: 65
Cast: Amy Seimetz, Billy Crudup, Callie Hernandez, Carmen Ejogo, Danny McBride

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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: May 19, 2017 | R

Starring: Amy Seimetz, Billy Crudup, Callie Hernandez, Carmen Ejogo, Danny McBride, Demián Bichir, Jussie Smollett, Katherine Waterston, Michael Fassbender, Nathaniel Dean

Summary: Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship Covenant discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world — whose sole inhabitant is the "synthetic" David (Michael Fassbender), survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition.

Director: Ridley Scott

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 122 min

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RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

May 16, 2017

This is one of Scott’s best-directed movies and one of his most entertaining overall, partly because he’s working in a genre, the science fiction spectacle, that he does better than anyone since Stanley Kubrick, but also because he seems to be approaching it almost entirely in terms of visceral impact and emotion—as symphony of fire and blood, poetry and schlock. Read full review

Kevin P. Sullivan

May 6, 2017

Gross-outs and gotchas are fun, but they wouldn’t amount to much if Covenant wasn’t so thoroughly well-crafted. Read full review

Ty Burr

May 17, 2017

There are a number of reasons “Covenant” works where “Prometheus” struggled to work. The characters are more incisively drawn this time, and their relationships inherently more dramatic. Read full review

Matt Singer

May 11, 2017

The reason to look past the movie’s issues is Fassbender. Read full review

Stephanie Zacharek

May 18, 2017

Alien: Covenant is reasonably entertaining. But it slips off course after that opening section, and the problem is caused by the very creatures we presumably came to see. Read full review

Time Out London Cath Clarke

May 6, 2017

Really, this is David/Walter’s show. For reasons too spoilery to give away, Fassbender is electric, giving a spectacularly skin-crawling performance. Read full review

Ann Hornaday

May 18, 2017

Presumably, Scott is giving the audience what it wants, but purists may wonder whether simply re-watching “Alien” would have provided scarier, more genuine jolts. Read full review

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brookadam

May 19, 2017

Absolutely stunning film! Prometheus was full of huge themes with almost stupid character reactions and annoying plot development. But Covenant is to the point brutal visceral and poignant. I loved this film and can't wait to watch again. Perfect balance of Alien and Prometheus masterlyAbsolutely stunning film! Prometheus was full of huge themes with almost stupid character reactions and annoying plot development. But Covenant is to the point brutal visceral and poignant. I loved this film and can't wait to watch again. Perfect balance of Alien and Prometheus masterly crafted by Scott you can tell straight away that the doublt that may or may not have plagued Prometheus is gone and the result is truely special.… Expand

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ExodusXX

Jan 28, 2019

great movie, fans of the first movie should be happy. Atmosphere at height.

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Minijunkie

May 20, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If you want to enjoy this movie, do yourself a favor: realize it is not an Alien movie. It is Prometheus 2. Like 100%, without a doubt, Prometheus 2. There is actually very little of the traditional "Alien" in this movie that people are expecting, and I think that's why a lot of people are reacting very negatively.

I'm guessing there were Marketing and Studio reasons to call it Alien, which screws up expectations. Marketing is screwing up the reception of the film by making people think it's something else entirely. As Prometheus 2 I really liked it. .
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I think it's actually really cool how it all weaves together. The problem is people think Ridley was playing fast and loose with how the Alien ecology works - but he wasn't...90% of what we saw happening with the spores and weird looking aliens was Davids **** up creations using the "highly malleable" pathogen running amok. The alien that came out of the captain near the end was the first "true" alien born.

Sure there were some silly things like the guy getting impregnated THAT fast etc, but most of these movies have things like that (like the idiot biologist snake-charmer in Prometheus 1). That's why I give it an 8. Big mistake calling it Alien imo.… Expand

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Tyranian

Apr 7, 2019

Visually very strong but franchise has really lost all originality or interest. Should be put to rest.

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lordx51

May 19, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Meh - Loved Prometheus, grew up with Aliens, was very disappointed in Alien: Covenant. I thought we were passed the whole people land on planet, there is an alien ship, people run form aliens shtick. I don't care about Aliens anymore, we got 4 movies of Aliens. After Prometheus I thought the series had matured into something broader, it hasn't. This new movie is basically the same old thing rehashed with no new answers. I went to this for the story on the Architects to be fleshed out, instead they get 30 seconds of screen time and we get the story of David with a run from the Alien/s shtick for the last 30 minutes. And the aliens don't even look that good, they went CG with something that traditionally looked great as a suit.… Expand

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Mini_Slider

Jul 9, 2017

This is by far one of the stupidest science movies I've ever had the displeasure of viewing. None of the characters are believable as real human beings, let alone scientists/astronauts. Every 5 minutes one of the characters makes a decision so stupid that even the most dim witted individualsThis is by far one of the stupidest science movies I've ever had the displeasure of viewing. None of the characters are believable as real human beings, let alone scientists/astronauts. Every 5 minutes one of the characters makes a decision so stupid that even the most dim witted individuals from 2017 would know better. I felt like I was watching Idiocracy where everybody from the future are somehow idiots. Prometheus may have had it's flaws, but nothing compares to the stupidity waiting around every corner in Alien: Covenant. Special Effects are all this movie has going for it.… Expand

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AlexRedfern

May 27, 2020

Year 2104, under the pretext of colonization, all the dumbest individuals were deported from the planet Earth. This is the only possible logical explanation to this 2 hours of stupid horrible eye-bleeding nonsense! Why every character written by Ridley Scott acts like it got a lobotomy andYear 2104, under the pretext of colonization, all the dumbest individuals were deported from the planet Earth. This is the only possible logical explanation to this 2 hours of stupid horrible eye-bleeding nonsense! Why every character written by Ridley Scott acts like it got a lobotomy and extra chromosomes? Why Ridley Scott decided to flush my favorite universe into the toilet ? Well, at least we've learned that Ridley Scott's participation in the first film creation was limited to pizza delivery for it's real genuine authors - Giger, Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett, etc. Alien: Reforged is the worst trash that can cost 97 000 000 $ !… Expand

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