Alien: Romulus Movie Review

Alien: Romulus was released to theaters August 16 of 2024.

Counting Prometheus and the two Alien Vs. Predator movies, this is the 9th movie of the Alien franchise.

Let me preface by saying that I love Alien and Aliens, which are the first two movies.

Alien 3 I think is OK.  

Alien: Resurrection is weird.

I like Alien Vs. Predator and I hate Alien Vs. Predator Requiem.

I like Prometheus, but I was more hyped about it before I saw it.

Alien Covenant is good, but not great.

Now to Alien: Romulus.

This movie is more in line with the first movie, in terms of story and look, but yet is still not a carbon copy.

I think it is good, however, there is one character in it that annoys me.  I say that because I can barely understand what he’s saying because he has a very thick accent and speaks fast.  No offence to the actor, but that just annoyed me.

Also, with help of technology, the likeness of one of the actors from the first Alien movie is in this, but yet, is a different character.  I think that was cool and well done, but it also took me out of the movie some too some because I was confused as to whether he was the same character or different.  But it was well done.

Aside from all of that, it is a very well made science fiction/horror/thriller.

It is set 20 years after the first Alien movie, and 37 years before the second movie Aliens.

The story consists of a group of people that want to leave their planet that has no sun to a planet that does have one.  

However, they ultimately land on a ship that has at least 36 Aliens on it, and if you know about any of these movies, you more or less know what happens next.

I don’t think this ranks up with the first two, but that is unfair to say.

It is well made, the cast is good (other than me not being able to understand one of the actors), and the effects look more practical and real than just all computer generated imagery, which I greatly appreciate.

I’ve read that this movie is making big money at the box office already, and I think that is a great thing.

If you are a fan of this franchise, especially the first movie, I recommend checking it out.