Alien: Covenant: An Ambitious Yet Muddled Exploration of Faith, Existence, and Design

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Alien: Covenant tries to be a philosophically ambitious prequel about space fear, big questions of existence and design, and faith, focusing on androids David and Walter in a Paradise Lost–like setup, but its pompous allusions, convoluted Xenomorph backstory, and weak human characters leave the ambitions muddled and the payoff unsatisfying, ultimately reinforcing reverence for alien life rather than offering a clear answer.