Alien: Covenant
Movie, 2017, The Engineers, Set in 2104
Alien: Covenant is #8 of 10 in release order and #2 of 10 in chronological order in the Alien.
The story
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.
Alien: Covenant recap
In 2104, the colony ship Covenant, carrying two thousand colonists and embryos, is damaged by a neutrino burst that kills the captain, Daniels' husband. The android Walter wakes the crew. Oram, the new captain, picks up a human song from a nearby planet and decides to go there instead of the planned colony. The planet has no animals. Two crew are infected by spores and give birth to white neomorphs that kill several people. David, Walter's earlier model, rescues the survivors and takes them to the dead Engineer city. David dropped the black liquid on the Engineers on arrival with Shaw, wiping them out, and he has been breeding creatures since. Oram is impregnated by a facehugger from an egg David has perfected.
Alien: Covenant ending explained
David and Walter fight. A survivor, the pilot Tennessee, rescues Daniels and the others, and they kill a xenomorph that boarded. Daniels realises too late that the synthetic with them is David, not Walter, as she goes into hypersleep. David smuggles two facehugger embryos into the colonists' cold storage and records a log as Walter, saying all is well.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch Alien: Covenant
Alien: Covenant is streaming on fuboTV and FXNow in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 6.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 65%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Prometheus, before Alien: Romulus.
- Chronological order: after Prometheus, before Alien: Earth.
What to watch before Alien: Covenant
In release order, the essentials before Alien: Covenant (2017) are Alien (1979), Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992), Alien Resurrection (1997), and Prometheus (2012).
Cast
- Michael Fassbender as David / Walter
- Katherine Waterston as Daniels
- Billy Crudup as Oram
- Danny McBride as Tennessee
- Demián Bichir as Lope
- Carmen Ejogo as Karine
- Jussie Smollett as Ricks
- Callie Hernandez as Upworth
- Amy Seimetz as Faris
- Nathaniel Dean as Hallett
- Alexander England as Ankor
- Benjamin Rigby as Ledward
Directed by Ridley Scott.