If these would-be world builders have made a covenant with anything, at this point, it is with the technology that has taken them this far. Like all the installments in this franchise, Alien: Covenant features impeccable production design, giving a tactile immediacy to details like the hypersleep chambers (which look like space-age sarcophagi) and the intuitively lit Covenant corridors. Once they land on the planet, via a nifty hovercraft that settles elegantly onto the surface of a lake, the crew explores their new surroundings with all sorts of futuristic gizmos and gadgets. It is with this technology that they will establish a foothold in this a land of plenty.