Alien: Covenant

*“Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!” * I’d still say that this is the best Alien movie, and David is the anchor that pulls it together. Follow the innermost thoughts of a megalomaniacal nutcase who likes to make monsters because he can’t cope with the futility of his own existence. To destroy the creators of your creator and then unleash a new scourge upon humanity brings about a philosophy that I have never before pondered, but it’s almost like therapy to me.  The confrontation on the cargo lift after everything theoretical has seemingly gone down leaves you in shock; the synthetic versions of good and evil have just finished their fight to the death, and you’re thrust into a deadly action sequence, left to deal with the hellish culmination of Satan’s handiwork. But finally, when all is said and done: “Don’t let the bed bugs bite. I’ll tuck in the children.” This entire film has you in a chokehold from start to finish.