Alien: Romulus

2024
R
1h 59m

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While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonists come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonists come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonists come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.

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- 1 win & 3 nominations

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Trivia
Director Fede Alvarez sought out the special effects crew from Aliens (1986) to work on the creatures. Physical sets, practical creatures, and miniatures were used wherever possible to help ground later VFX work.

Goofs
When Rain turns off the ship's gravity and shoots all the aliens, all their blood is suspended in midair in long, smear like patterns. Zero gravity in real life causes liquids to form into sphere shapes, not spread out into long, flat pieces like in the movie.

Quotes
Andy: The solution for a claustrophobic astronaut is to give him more space.

Crazy credits
The 20th Century Studios fanfare freezes and turns ominous, as in Alien³ (1992), leading into the film's opening scene.

The logo itself suffers a burst of static and turns green.

Connections
Featured in Nerdrotic: The Acolyte: Force is Female CONFIRMED? The Death of Theaters - The Real BBC @MauLer @HeelvsBabyface (2024)

Soundtracks
Theme from Alien
Written by Jerry Goldsmith

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7/10

High-budget Alien fan film

A few hours after coming out of the theater and I'm not sure what to make of this. It was... okay, I guess?

It felt like Fedy Alvarez examined the production of each of the previous films, and every left-over idea from them was thrown finally to the screen, along with rehashing the core components of the franchise. You have pieces from Alien, Aliens, Resurrection, and Prometheus/Covenant. For a fan of the series, there are subtle and not-so-subtle easter eggs every few minutes, from sound effects to reused dialogue.

The plot is really simple, as it should be. A group of people exploring a space station. Been there, done that. However, I really liked the use of temperature and gravity in this film, those were something not seen much in this universe. And there were plenty of jump scares. I'm not usually a fan of those, but this time they worked well.

The two lead actors were pretty good, the rest rather forgettable. And not sure what to make of the beyond-the-grave role of one actor...

The world is great. Forget the sleek and clean world of Prometheus, this is back to the ugly 70s retro futuristic stuff. Simply lovely. Aesthetically pleasing, if you like this kind of look.

Finally, however, it does feel like there is really nowhere for this franchise to go in terms of story. I wouldn't call it artistically bankrupt, but it is close. While this film tied neatly together the "proper" Alien films and the new Prometheus sidestep, it is hard to think what more to make of this creature. Nearly all the mystery has been stripped from the Xenomorph. I do wonder, is there anything left to do with this creature? More stand-alone films?