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Disclaimer: This review is based on my memory of seeing the movie in theaters.
Alien Romulus (2024) is a sci-fi horror flick that acts as a stand-alone sequel to the original Alien (1979) and is set before the events of the second film Aliens (1986).
It follows our protagonist Rain Carradine (Cailee Spaeny), an orphan girl who lives and works with her adoptive cyborg brother Andy (David Jonsson) at the space colony called Jackson's Star. Rain's contract with the colony gets extended against her will, leaving her no choice but to join her ex-boyfriend Tyler (Archie Renaux) and his friends and relatives to travel to an abandoned spacecraft to retrieve cryo chambers in the hopes to escape to the planet Yvaga. However, there's a threatening alien life form that made its way aboard the ship, terrorizing the crew and is killing the members one by one, while the remaining members are fighting to survive and to kill the Alien. That's about the gist of the plot really.
I saw this movie in theaters this past Sunday and I thought it was a decent movie. It's pretty well directed and well-acted and has some pretty intense scares and action scenes. However, I don't think it was that great to deserve its certified fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes. I felt it dragged a bit, especially during the first half. The movie mostly felt like a carbon remake of the first Alien movie. The characters were pretty forgettable. I couldn't even remember any of the characters' names except for maybe Andy, probably because he was the most interesting character. He was kind of like a villain but also had redeeming qualities, so that was interesting. I thought the third act was awesome and I felt that was where the movie really found its footing. All in all, I think Alien Romulus (2024) was good but not great. I think it's inferior to the first two Alien movies, Alien and Aliens. I can't say the same about the rest of the series.
Alien 3 (1992) was okay, but the beginning and ending were both a bit of a letdown. Alien Resurrection (1997) was pretty bad if I recall. I kind of liked Prometheus (2012) and Alien Covenant (2017), but it's been a while so I may have to rewatch those. Anyway, that's about all I have to say about Alien Romulus.
I give Alien Romulus (2024) a solid 7/10.
So, have you seen Alien Romulus (2024)? Did you like it? Did you not like it? Did you think it was okay? Let me know in the comments.
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