Alien: Covenant

Alien: Covenant

The path to paradise begins in hell.

Rating

1.0 (1)

Release Date

5/9/2017

Runtime

122 mins

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$97,000,000

Revenue

$240,891,763

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A methodical descent into nightmare as a colony ship crew encounters a hostile world and begins to realize they are not alone, and that something is actively hunting them. The film moves between moments of eerie calm and explosive, gruesome violence, creating a pervasive sense that safety is always an illusion.

Mood

Dread-soakedTenseUnsettlingParanoid

Themes

SurvivalCorruptionObsession

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

FormalistHigh-contrastPractical effects

Structure

Single location

Heads up

Graphic violenceBody horror

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