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Alien: Covenant

A Ridley Scott Film
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"Masterful Ridley Scott Alien Chapter"
5 stars"
Purchased on Mighty Ape

Milford Sound is both beautiful and sinister, and as the Alien story unfolds further, the Synthetic Humans are the biggest stars in this impressive production.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
"This is a good monster movie"
4 stars"
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If you watched Prometheus and left wanting to /wrists, this is not the same thing.

Where Prometheus was ridiculous to a fault (e.g., why can people not run sideways out of the path of a giant rolling donut-), Covenant is a return to an Alien movie where they don't try to explain too much (busting things in the process – what even was the black goo–), and give you the horrific scenes you want.

Covenant follows the crew of a colony ship. Pulled off-course by an accident, they set down on a human-habitable world. Unfortunately, the monsters beat 'em too it. The character casting is on point; people are flawed in plot-useful ways but not clowns about it. The script goes off pretty much as you'd expect, not a huge amount of surprises, and you should be able to guess victims and survivors within the first ten minutes.

While the SFX are on point, what takes this from a 3-star experience to a 4 is Michael Fassbender. The dude is amazing in this movie. He plays two roles – a “nice” robot, Walter, and a “naughty” robot, David. As Walter, he is compassionate, likable, and the kind of 'droid you want on your starship. As David, he's the very devil himself, and how Fassbender manages to keep these two roles separate during filming I don't know. Whatever, the outcome is masterful: a David that is creepy, haunting and a cut above any Alien-francise synthetic to date.

This movie reminded me most of Alien vs. Predator in terms of not-too-unpredictable scares, and some decent oh-no moments. But it channels Alien and the sequel Aliens in terms of, “Dude, we're so screwed.” Try it out today :)

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
"OK but predictable"
3 stars"
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The story is a progression from Prometheus but the plot was predictable. There were no real twists and turns and there was little tension in the film. I expected so much more with Ridley Scott being involved in the movie but was ultimately disappointed. It is not a bad movie just very average.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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Alien: Covenant

Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created, with ALIEN: COVENANT, a new chapter in his groundbreaking ALIEN franchise. The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world. When they uncover a threat beyond their imagination, they must attempt a harrowing escape.

Critic Reviews:

  • " Even if the twists and turns in the plot aren't too hard to see coming, there's a distinct joy that [Ridley] Scott takes in setting up and setting off each of those traps. " – Karen Han
  • " Whether or not you end up liking Alien: Covenant, it's worth the price of admission just to be in on the conversation. " – Leigh Monson
  • " Ridley Scott can still stage startling, creepy imagery and settings like no one else. " – Brent McKnight

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Release date NZ
August 16th, 2017
Number of Discs
1
Length (Minutes)
120
Aspect Ratio
  • 2.35 : 1
Language
English
Supported Audio
  • Dolby Digital Stereo
Character
Brand
Country of Production
  • USA
Collection
Movie Format
Blu-ray Region
  • Region B
Original Release Year
2017
Box Dimensions (mm)
135x171x14
UPC
9321337174662
All-time sales rank
Top 2000
Product ID
26810977

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