The document provides a summary of the 2017 film Alien: Covenant directed by Ridley Scott and written by John Logan. It describes the storyline where a crew discovers an artifact showing the location of early humans and travels to a distant planet. Upon arriving, they find the planet lifeless except for a cave that can sustain life. While exploring, they discover alien eggs that can infect anyone who comes in skin contact or breathes near them, leading most of the crew to become hosts for the aliens. It also notes how the film falls into the science fiction genre through its futuristic setting featuring a spaceship and medical robot, as well as the presence of aliens killing people.