Alien: Covenant

★★★★ 

This is the second prequel to Ridley Scott's Alien and the sequel to Prometheus. These films are trying to tell the origin story of the infamously terrifying xenomorph. Prometheus got particularly panned, mainly because there was a distinct lack of any aliens that audiences had come accustomed to and oddly love - instead there was a random creation story line. Alien: Covenant is meant to be the answer to this criticism, trying to stay true to the franchise, all the while adding something original.

However, I think it fails at being original but excels at being a creepy, terrifying horror film with chilling and gruesome scenes. Often ones I had to look away from because it was too bloody and graphic for me. You can't help but marvel at Scott's creativity and direction skill, as this film looks particularly good; the scenery, spaceship design and even the aliens look stunning.

This is an excellent scary film that stays true to the tagline 'in space no one can hear you scream'. There are some truly grim chest-bursting scenes. The characters are forgettable (due to them getting so easily killed off) and infuriatingly dense - why go down that creepy room filled with weird egg things? I forget we are the omniscient audience and it wouldn't be a film if characters had common sense.

Overall, a great atmospheric horror film. I doubt I'll watch it again...mainly because I'm a wimp.