Review of Alien: Covenant (2017) by Adrian W — 09 Oct 2017

It was ok in the same way Prometheus was ok. Not a patch on the original Alien films.

This review of Alien: Covenant (2017) was written by Adrian W on 09 Oct 2017.

Alien: Covenant has generally received positive reviews.

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