Review of Alien: Covenant (2017) by William F — 30 May 2017

It's sad to see that 100 years or so in the future all the technological advancements in the world can't do anything about human stupidity.

What does Covenant do right? Well, it presents a harrowing character study in David and approaches themes of creation in beautiful fashion. The cinematography is breathtaking as we explore the twisted mind of a chillingly well composed and acted (Thanks Fassbender) villain. Furthermore a lot of the world and lore is just genuinely fascinating.

Unfortunately the film fails tremendously as a horror suspense thriller. Without an ounce of common sense or remote degree of competence the cast dies left and right. What's worse is that there's no weight of loss because they're all terribly forgettable. Even Daniels just seems to be another poor imitation of the iconic Ellen Ripley.

Covenant paints an interesting world, a villain with presence, has boasting visuals and commendable action set pieces but as it foolishly stumbles about from one sequence of slaughter to another you just don't really care.