Movie Review: “ALIEN: COVENANT” is an uneasy evolution of the franchise
ALIEN: COVENANT remains uncomfortably stranded between pushing the material in new directions and giving the die-hard devotees what they want.
ALIEN: COVENANT remains uncomfortably stranded between pushing the material in new directions and giving the die-hard devotees what they want.
The film makes a virtue out of focusing on the people trying to survive a viral apocalypse rather than on those who have been transformed by it.
It doesn’t offer much that’s fresh, and the promised battle royale between ghost girls is a letdown.
Debuting director Glenn Douglas Packard has a background as an Emmy-winning choreographer—which might explain why PITCHFORK is the same old song and dance.