Review of Alien: Covenant (2017) by Giles G — 14 Jun 2017

Timeline was way off. Wanted to see "the engineers" side of the story rather than mankind internal problems.

This review of Alien: Covenant (2017) was written by Giles G on 14 Jun 2017.

Alien: Covenant has generally received positive reviews.

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