RogerEbert.com by Matt Zoller Seitz

This is one of Scott’s best-directed movies and one of his most entertaining overall, partly because he’s working in a genre, the science fiction spectacle, that he does better than anyone since Stanley Kubrick, but also because he seems to be approaching it almost entirely in terms of visceral impact and emotion—as symphony of fire and blood, poetry and schlock.

The Telegraph by Robbie Collin

Scott’s Alien: Covenant is a mad scientist film – arguably, one of the maddest. It’s grandiose, exhilarating, vertiginously cynical and symphonically perverse.

The Hollywood Reporter by Todd McCarthy

The drama flows gorgeously and, unlike in many other franchises in which entries keep getting longer every time out, this one is served up without an ounce of fat. It provides all the tension and action the mainstream audience could want, along with a good deal more.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch by Calvin Wilson

Reportedly, at least two more “Alien” prequels are planned. If they’re half as good as this one, prepare to tremble.

Entertainment Weekly by Kevin P. Sullivan

Gross-outs and gotchas are fun, but they wouldn’t amount to much if Covenant wasn’t so thoroughly well-crafted.

Tampa Bay Times by Steve Persall

Alien: Covenant is smarter than the average horror flick with a healthy dose of gross.

The A.V. Club by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

This is Alien gone gothic.

New York Daily News by Edward Douglas

Further proving his mastery of creating tension and thrills, Scott has effectively created a satisfying hybrid of "Alien," "Prometheus" and even James Cameron's "Aliens."

CineVue by Martyn Conterio

As a return to the dark, primal and transgressive terrors of the original movie, Alien: Covenant is a success.

The Playlist by Rodrigo Pérez

Somehow, Scott manages to balance it all: meditations on being made in god’s own image, the fan service of “Alien Origins: Xenomorphs,” and feminist agency. Balance doesn’t necessarily mean execution though. There’s friction with all these ideas fighting for airtime.

IndieWire by Eric Kohn

Just as this series focuses on survival instincts, it seems that Scott has found a way to exercise his own, keeping the “Alien” series relevant by resurrecting the same old scares.

TheWrap by Alonso Duralde

On a gutbucket genre-film level, Alien Covenant delivers when it delivers. As with so many of its monster-movie peers, however, there’s just not much to it when the creature isn’t preening for its close-up.

Variety by Peter Debruge

As acts of creation go, Scott has made an “Alien” movie for that segment of the audience that has always rooted for the monster.

Village Voice by Bilge Ebiri

If in the end it doesn’t quite work — if its many fascinating pieces and ideas and odds and ends don’t ever cohere into a whole — lament not what might have been. Instead, be grateful that Ridley Scott has lost none of his ability to provoke, captivate and infuriate.

We Got This Covered by Matt Donato

Scott’s latest is a thrill-ride that blasts through celestial carnage, while building a bigger Alien world that might not be 100% necessary. Out of all the films in the franchise, Alien: Covenant has the least stand-alone potential – but dammit if it’s not a wild, warp-speed-killing-machine adventure.

Time Out London by Cath Clarke

Really, this is David/Walter’s show. For reasons too spoilery to give away, Fassbender is electric, giving a spectacularly skin-crawling performance.

Screen Daily by Fionnuala Halligan

It’s a long, flat, no-frills journey which struggles to engage despite its many bloody shocks.

Screen International by Fionnuala Halligan

It’s a long, flat, no-frills journey which struggles to engage despite its many bloody shocks.