Review of Alien: Covenant (2017) by Craig C — 19 May 2017

Visually impressive but also verbose, overwritten and pretentious, Alien: Covenant is convoluted hokum and a poor excuse to continue the franchise.

This review of Alien: Covenant (2017) was written by Craig C on 19 May 2017.

Alien: Covenant has generally received positive reviews.

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