“Alien: Covenant,” Ridley Scott’s third film within the “Alien” universe, exists in an odd limbo between the more cerebral “Prometheus” and the more visceral horror and action that has come to define the “Alien” franchise. It is a potentially great film marred by the need to satisfy the formula of its predecessors.

In 2012, Scott returned to the series that launched his career. While 1979’s “Alien” had three direct sequels, Scott had nothing to do with them. With “Prometheus,” he wanted to explore unanswered questions regarding the space jockey, a fossilized creature found in “Alien.”

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