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Summary Alien: Romulus currently has an 83% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes, with most reviews agreeing it is the best Alien movie since the franchise’s first two installments. While the Alien movies make for one of the most popular sci-fi franchises of all time, it has struggled for over 30 years when it comes to recapturing the essence of the first two films.
1 8 Alien: Romulus Delivers On Its Horror Promise Alien: Romulus Is Truly A Horror Movie Close Alien: Romulus has been marketed as a horror movie since the project was first announced. The fact that Fede Álvarez, who directed Don’t Breathe, was chosen to helm Disney’s Alien film made it clear that the studio was aiming at bringing Alien back to its horror roots. Alien never stopped being a horror franchise, but it did start leaning more into its sci-fi aspects.
6 Alien: Romulus Is Not Overly Complicated Like Prometheus & Covenant Alien: Romulus’ Story Is Simpler Compared To AvP Or The Prequels Close Alien: Romulus is described as a more straightforward film compared to Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, which is positive given how those two prequels were received. While Scott was telling a very interesting story with David and the Engineers, Prometheus did not even need to be an Alien movie.
Related Why Alien: Romulus Is Rated R: How Scary & Violent The Movie Is Alien: Romulus is the latest entry in the classic sci-fi/horror series, and the violence in the film easily justifies the R-rating it recieved. It can be unfair to compare Alien’s newest lead actor to Sigourney Weaver, namely because not every Alien protagonist needs to be a copy of Ripley. That said, it is impossible not to think of Weaver’s iconic performance in four Alien films while looking at the newest installment. Many reviews have highlighted Spaeny’s performance, with some labeling it as the perfect spiritual successor to what Weaver did as Ripley.
2 Alien: Romulus Feels Like A True Alien Movie Alien: Romulus’ “Return To Form” Marketing Was Accurate Close Nearly every Alien: Romulus review so far has described the film as a true Alien movie, which is exactly what it had promised to be. Given that there have been eight Alien movies already as well as several comic books and video games, defining what a “real Alien film” is can be difficult.
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