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Last Updated: May 28, 2017 - 11:24:03 PM

A prequel and sequel that does little to elevate the series
By Rouén Robinson
May 28, 2017 - 9:59:20 PM

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The Path To Paradise Begins In Hell...

The crew of a colony ship bound for a remote planet on the far side of known space discover an uncharted habitable world. When they discover the dark secrets the newly found world holds, they must do all they can to escape it.

Daniels ‘Dany’ Branson is the terraforming expert aboard the Covenant and wife of the ship’s captain, but after a series of tragedies she must find a way to get the remaining crew to safety. Christopher Oram is the first mate of the Covenant and husband to a biologist aboard the ship who thinks that the company is blocking him from promotion because he is a man of faith. Tennessee Faris is the chief pilot of the Covenant and is husband to the ship’s lander pilot who is looking forward to seeing what the new world has to offer him and his wife. David 8 is the prototype synthetic android who was part of the Prometheus crew and is now the caretaker of a world of only plant life but eager to help the Covenant crew survive.

Alien: Covenant is a sequel to Prometheus and a prequel to Alien, but it lacks the originality of those movies. I know the Alien vs. Predator movies get a lot of flak for being weak versions of the franchises they combined, but at least those movies knew what they were as this movie has no idea what it is. It tries to reach out to the people who liked the first movie while also giving fan service to those who love the franchise and disappoints both. There should be a new Hollywood trope that if you cast Katherine Waterston in a movie then the British star of that movie will act his ass off while the American star best known for comedy will give a moving performance. The best thing about this film apart from its female lead were Michael Fassbender in the dual role of David & Walter along with Danny McBride as Tennessee. Ridley Scott is proving the new rule that prequel trilogies almost never live up to their original as he directs a film that does not even feel like the film he wanted to direct. The crafting of this film space crafts and technology are a bright spot but the alien lifeforms shown at times look dated like the effects of Alien 3. This movie is predictable when it should be revelatory and that is its true sin as it becomes a b movie horror that the characters in the movie Scream talked about as it wants you to believe it is smarter than it really is.

I rate this movie a rating of 2 out of 5.

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Rouén Robinson has been an avid moviegoer since childhood and has been critiquing motion pictures for almost a decade. He has been a film critic for The Cinemas on Tempo and was a judge for FLIFF On Location: Grand Bahama Island, an off shoot of the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF). Rouén lives in Grand Bahama and can be reached at redr1976@icloud.com and on Twitter @thereelrouen

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