Alien: Covenant Review - 6 Ups & 4 Downs

5. The CGI Aliens Look Surprisingly Good

Alien Covenant Xenomorph
Fox

One of the big worries ahead of release was that the abundance of CGI aliens in the trailers would undermine the more understated, practical approach Scott took in the original Alien.

Thankfully, against the odds, Scott actually makes unexpectedly strong use of digital effects to bring both the Neomorphs and the Xenomorph to unnerving life.

Though many will feel that the CGI Xeno looks a little too Alien 3 for their liking, Scott does a damn fine job retaining the creature's primal terror, while the new back-bursting Neomorph is a gloriously grotesque, beautifully rendered creation.

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