Review of Alien: Covenant (2017) by Dan N — 20 May 2017

"Alien: Covenant" is a good movie, and worth seeing in the theatre. I saw this with a friend, whose first reaction was a disappointment, because he didn't see it as a horror, which is what he anticipated -- in no small part, I'm sure, because of the TV ads, which harken back to the original Alien. However, after talking about the movie, and my sharing my only three criticisms, he gave the film a B- (I give it a B, though, few movies will get an A for me).

Ridley Scott had quite a task in front of him with "Alien: Covenant." First, he was coming off the mass disappointment in "Prometheus," and the high expectation of meeting the high water mark of the original "Alien." The bar was high, and the cliff to fall off was a sheer one, and very slippery, with another disappointment being potentially catastrophic. While not a perfect movie (few are), "Alien: Covenant" is very good, with a well written characters, a good story, and effective suspense. Be forewarned, though, there is important dialogue that may be difficult to hear.