I had higher hopes for Alien: Covenant. I liked Prometheus (and I think it’s vastly underrated). But this is no Prometheus. It tends to waver back and forth between campy horror and philosophical sci-fi wannabe. It doesn’t want to be campy I don’t think. And the special effects do their best to make it scary and shocking. But so much of the gore is just so excessive. I wanted more story. I wanted more creativity. I wanted better characters. And Alien: Covenant just didn’t have those things. Michael Fassbender is great though.

3 out of 5 stars