Review of Alien: Covenant (2017) by Reed V — 23 Mar 2018

Address the questions left unanswered by its predecessor, only to undo everything with a botched third act and some questionable CGI and dialogue work.

This review of Alien: Covenant (2017) was written by Reed V on 23 Mar 2018.

Alien: Covenant has generally received positive reviews.

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