The cult fantastic series of the 1980s in our time is not globally lucky. For one successful "Mad Max" Disgusting and disgusting "Ghost hunters" , And wretched "Terminator: Genesis" , And toothless remakes "Robokop" And "Remember everything". Fate "Predator" While in question, but the scenario of Shane Blake has leaked to the network has not yet inspires much optimism. Unless "Running blade" Ridley Scott can get a decent continuation under the beginning of Denis Villenev. But here you should not make a guess.
Meanwhile, Scott itself with his "Alien" converts at least freely. In 2012 "Prometheus" I struck the audience with luxurious decorations and operator work, a dense atmosphere of gloomy science fiction … and completely beaten offers. Even drunken and preoccupied teenagers in other horror films did not allow themselves to stupid as scientists did the people and ladies who went to explore someone else's planet. Two members of the ill -fated expedition precisely earned the Darwin Prize, well, the rest can be recorded in the nominees.
It is known that the Prometheus script once corresponded from scratch, but this did not protect the picture from giant plot holes, the catalysts of which are just brainless characters. A brainless character in a serious film is very rarely able to cause sympathy in the viewer. It was this aspect for many that buried the bold and original tape, showing the familiar and beloved universe of the "strangers" from a new angle.
So corrected Lee "Covenant" Errors "Prometheus"? Was the fans was able to give fans a worthy return of the most dangerous monster in the universe? And yes, and no.
Genre: Science fiction, horrors Slogan: "Run" Director: Ridley Scott Screenwriter: John Logan, Dante Harper Cast: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Danny McBride, Billy Krudap Premiere in the Russian Federation: May 18, 2017 FreshBet Casino Rating: 18+
Destination
First, we will warn that the promoteriales for the film if they do not lie, then they are misleading. From trailers we can make an erroneous conclusion that a team consisting entirely of couples in love is the colonists sent to conquer and settle the new world. Such a call caused a lot of disputes on the network, especially when it turned out that one of the steam was a same -sex.
In fact, the presented team is only the crew of the Testament spacecraft, and the settlers themselves in the amount of two thousand are peacefully sleeping in Stasis on board. And they are flying initially not at all on the planet where they end up.
The heroes would have much fewer problems if they thought of putting on a spacesuit during the first sortie on an unfamiliar planet.
In terms of the plot, Ridley Scott has been turning the same scheme for the third time: the team accepts a mysterious signal from the unexplored corner of the cosmos, climbs it, finds the ship of “engineers”, encounters a dangerous life form, and as a result, most of the crew dies. No need to complain about spoilers – all this could be predicted by the first trailer. Here the main value is not what is shown, but how it is shown. Is it interesting to follow new heroes in a familiar situation? Rather, not.
Daniels is so similar to Ripley that there were even rumors on the network, as if she was Ellen's mother.
Characters – perhaps the main trouble "Testament". The team has already fourteen people (twice as much as in the original “alien”), but only three are remembered from them. And Daniels performed by Katherine Waterston, flickering on each poster, unfortunately, not one of them. It can be seen that Ridley Scott has been creating a new Ripley for the second time, but it doesn’t work out.
Ellen is rightfully considered one of the brightest heroines in the history of world cinema. Cool, but without an excess, strong, but humane. The viewer managed to recognize her as a reliable comrade, and as a professional in his business, and as a fearless woman, capable of confronting the dangerous monster alone. And Sigurni Weaver played her so vividly and convincingly that she was even nominated for BAFTA and Saturn Awards. And this despite the fact that film academics at all times turned their nose from the "low" horror genre.
For many years, the scene of the first appearance of a pile in the “alien” was considered one of the most terrible and vile in cinema. Well, in this regard, Ridley Scott still beat his young.
But Daniels from the “Testament” has only two states: sorrow and fear. Her story within the framework of the film begins with a large personal tragedy, but we have no idea what heroine was before her and how this incident changed her. Yes, and all subsequent events do not push Daniels to any interesting metamorphosis.
The captain performed by Billy Krudapa and the charismatic pilot Tennessya – the unexpected and very spectacular acting work of comedian Danny McBrade, attracts much more attention.
All others cannot be characterized otherwise than "cannon meat". As in Prometheus, the characters are godlessly blunt and die either due to their own inattention, or yielding to panic and making a bunch of stupid mistakes. And none of them is sorry at the same time. Simply because for the viewer this is not a coordinated team, but a dozen people whom he saw so little that he did not even have time to remember his face, not that names.
It sounds like blasphemy, but the neomorphs in the film inspire much more fear than the old acquaintances of xenomorphs. Perhaps it is precisely because of its novelty.
Gospel from David
But, despite the confident work of Krudap, McBride and the same Waterston, the blanket is confidently pulling Michael Fassbender. The actor once again proves that he perfectly succeeds in infernal and charming anti -Heroes. Android David, successfully surviving the final of Prometheus, in many ways reminds Hannibal Lecter performed by Mads Mikkelsen. The same love for high art and philosophy, the same devilish light in the eyes and the same perverted ideas about love and good. The exact opposite of android Walter, simple and reliable. The duet of Fassbender with himself is one of the best episodes of the “Covenant”.
As well as the birth of xenomorph. Yes, we were finally revealed the great secret of the origin of strangers. Hooray? Whether you wanted it or not, now we have a unequivocal answer to the question of where and why the legendary monster has appeared. True, the answer is quite trivial – other fan theories and versions from games, comics, novels were more original. But again, everything rests on the implementation. Almost every scene where neomorphs and xenomorphs are involved is beautiful. It is at these moments that the film becomes what it should be: a tough, bloody and inventive cosmic horror. It's a pity that there are not so many of them.
Through the efforts of Ridley Scott Android David became one of the key figures in all the mythology of strangers.
In terms of pictures, we are definitely one of the most beautiful films of recent years. Australia’s open spaces are really like a gloomy, abandoned by all Eden. The abandoned ship of the “engineers” on the outskirts, the majestic buildings of the disappeared civilization, the gloomy corridors of the “Testament” – everything was worked out to the smallest detail and atmospheric to terrible. The spirit of Hans-Za-Zapolf Giger needs everyone. And the processed musical theme of Jerry Goldsmit at the beginning of the film makes his way to goosebumps.
Surprisingly, this time the alien expanses “played” not New Zealand, but Australia.
So what did Ridley Scott happened in the end? But the same “Prometheus” turned out, but improved and supplemented. In the atmosphere, in spirit, in content, this is precisely the continuation of the picture of 2012, where the very xenomorphs were added to the delight of the fans. If you are a fan of “strangers” and go to the session for the sake of them, then before you get what you want, you will have to wait a long time for a picture that has not so much in common with the original series. If the Prometheus liked you with all its jambs, then the second picture should not disappoint – it is an order of magnitude less problems in it.
The stunningly beautiful continuation of Prometheus, but far from the best "alien".