The article will review the reviews of the movie “Alien: Testament”. This is an interesting film that came out of the hands of a talented director, known throughout the world. We will also pay significant attention to the storyline and actors.
A bit about the film
Original title of the Alien film: Covenant. The film was created by director Ridley Scott. It is believed that this tape is an indirect continuation of the film Prometheus. In addition, she is considered the second part of a series of films about Aliens and the sixth film in this universe. The main roles in the film by R. Scott were played by C. Waterson, M. Fassbender and B. Krudal. The world premiere took place in early May 2017 in London. The Russians saw the film on May 18, and rental in the United States was launched on May 19. The budget of the film amounted to 97 million dollars.
Tie
Reviews of the audience about the film “Alien: Testament” (2017) always begin the same way. Everyone is drawn to the plot of the plot. Elizabeth Shaw repairs and launches the ship of the Creators. She also manages to restore android David. Together, they set the ship the desired course. The robot sends the woman into suspended animation, as there is a long flight ahead. David himself devotes his free time to the study of the Creators. Arriving at its destination, David opens the gateway and sees many cylinders with the most dangerous pathogen that Prometheus had previously discovered on the basis of the Creators.
Story line
Reviews and reviews of the movie "Alien: Testament" should be trusted only after a personal viewing of the film. To understand whether you need to watch a movie, we will consider a brief summary of it.
The movie begins with a flashback when the robot David talks with P. Wayland that, despite the fact that people created robots for service, despite the amazing discoveries in science and technology, humanity itself still can not understand who created them and why . Also, the android robot notes that, unlike its creator, it will live almost forever.
In 2104, the colonial ship Testament set off on a journey through space. On board are about 2,000 colonists and thousands of embryos. The ship is looking for the planet Origai-6, which is suitable for life. During the flight, the "Testament" suffers from a neutrino burst. As a result of this, the Walter robot takes the entire crew out of the cryosun. About 50 colonists die. Dies and husband Daniels (C. Waterson). In a conversation with Walter, she admits that she is very homesick and wants to realize the desire of her deceased husband - to build a house by the lake on a new planet.
After the outbreak, the ship receives a strange signal from another planet, which, according to indicators, is even more suitable for life. Despite persuasion and threats, the captain decides to poison himself on this planet. Arriving there, the crew disembarks and notices ordinary vegetation, such as wheat. This inspires confidence, but Daniels notices that there are no animals around. The group is divided. Accidentally, one team member inhales spores and becomes infected. The same thing happens with some crew members. They are placed in a medical compartment. After a while, a terrible monster breaks out of the throat of those infected at will, which kills everything around. People try to kill him, but they hit important parts of the ship. Because of this, they cannot fly away from the planet.
Night falls and people find themselves trapped by monsters. Rescues their newly arrived robot David, who is an exact copy of Walter. He takes people to the settlement and says that they are safe here. A conversation begins between Walter and David. David tells how he had to donate Shaw to begin his experiments. It turns out he wants to create a unique, perfect creature. Robot is upset that Walter is an older model, and he can only serve.
A neomorph will attack the captain of the ship, David is trying to establish a connection with him, but Captain Oram kills the creature and demands the truth. The robot takes him to his laboratory, where there are hundreds of samples of fauna. He talks about how he is trying to create a parasite that develops in the body of the victim. As a result, Captain Oram becomes a victim of David. Robot Walter finds out about David's plans and tries to stop him. The rest of the team, not receiving a return signal from a broken ship, decides to come to the rescue. People descend from the ship and they are immediately attacked by a face capture. The survivors manage to escape, but before Daniels plunges into the cryoson, she realizes that David climbed the ship under the guise of Walter, but has no time to do anything, as he falls asleep. The film ends with a record in the logbook that the entire crew, except for two people, died due to a neutrino outbreak.
Actors
The main role of David and Walter was played by the Irish actor Michael Fassbender. I must say that this talented artist in his life starred in many science fiction films, and each time he did an excellent job. In the film “Alien: Testament” (2017), the actor played two android robots David and Woletra.
Female character Daniels Branson was played by Katherine Waterson, a famous American actress. She is also known for roles in various science fiction films.
Christopher Orama was played by William (Billy) Crudup - an American actor. His filmography is very diverse, he starred in diverse films, always showing his acting performance at a height.
Release
The film was released in China on June 16, 2017, but one scene was cut there. The censors felt it was necessary to cut out six minutes, during which a violent scene was shown and the moment of kisses of two male robots, which was regarded as a gay scene.
Music
Reviews of the film "Alien: Testament" very often relate to musical accompaniment. It really was on top. Music was written by Australian composer Jed Kurzel. By the way, many in their reviews and reviews of the film “Alien: Testament” noted that the music is similar to the one that sounded in the original 1979 film. In total, the composer wrote 22 tracks of various durations.
Reviews for the movie "Alien: Testament"
Many viewers noted that the film is saturated with quotes. Here, opinions were really divided, since some people like frequent quotes from well-known works to their liking, while others don't like this at all. Everyone agreed that the musical accompaniment of the film is simply divine. It is it that allows fans of the series to feel the connection between the very first films and this tape. Music not only makes events more vivid and contrasting, it also transfers a person to a completely different reality, where certain rules apply.
Positive reviews and reviews of the movie Alien: Testament relate to the gloomy atmosphere. For fans of the genre, this is very important, music, the play of artists, and even special effects helped convey the gloomy atmosphere. Many liked the risky scene when two robots kiss. However, it was perceived by people very ambiguously, and opinions were divided. Someone sees this as the director’s freedom of thought and the progressive nature of the film, while someone considers it an inappropriate, stupid and nasty move. After reading even the first reviews of the film “Alien: Testament”, it becomes clear that the audience eagerly (someone indignantly) is waiting for the continuation. Some really liked that in addition to the main events, there are many intricacies that create that very gloomy and mysterious atmosphere. However, there are those who consider this a flaw that makes the film meaningless.
Negative reviews
Negative reviews relate to the fact that the director makes too many references to religion, art and history, and many do not like it. Viewers write that this is not always and not everyone is interested, and if there are too many references, the main idea that the author of the tape wanted to convey is lost, since no one understands the meaning of his parallels. Some viewers do not agree that the main role in essence goes to the woman. Not that this is a big flaw, but such a phenomenon is observed in almost all the films in the series.
Viewers noted the fact that no one received answers to many of the questions that were posed in Prometheus. This is not a disaster, but repels from further viewing, because the link is lost. The audience also focuses on the fact that the scene of the arrival of the Engineers' ship is described too briefly, and this is exactly the end of the previous film. Like critics, viewers noted that there was no imagination, no originality. History fans who watched all the early films could very easily predict the course of events.
Criticism
As for the reviews of critics about the film "Alien: Testament", it must be said that their opinions are mostly positive. On the Rotten Tomatoes website, the film received an average rating of 6.4 out of 10. Moreover, on the basis of more than 300 reviews, it received about 70% of positive feedback. However, the opinions of critics had two sides. Of course, the director managed to perfectly convey the chic atmosphere of the very first films and complement it with impressive special effects, but, on the other hand, there was a lack of originality. On the Metacritic website “Alien: Testament” (2017) received 65 points out of 100 based on 52 reviews.
Separately, critics praised the game of Michael Fassbender. The almost absolute majority agreed that the actor was delightful and did a great job with the role. However, the plot itself, in which they tried to combine the strange motives of the main characters and serious cruelty, received not so many good reviews.
P. Bradshaw, a reviewer of the famous newspaper The Guardian, praised the very picture and the play of the actors. In his review, he wrote that the film incorporated the best features of the first parts, but the charm of this is revealed only at the first viewing.