Alien:Romulus puts aside any concerns of Disneyfication by giving us a real nail biter that doesn’t shy away from gore. Director Fede Álvarez’s film combines some brilliantly realized practical and CGI Xenomorphs with inventive action sequences. In spite of some throwaway characters, I found myself truly invested in the heroine Rain and her synthetic “brother” Andy. There is an interesting spin on the Aliens’ rapid growth cycle and creative use of zero gravity. The film is weakest when throwing in some obvious callbacks including an extremely misguided attempt at raising Cain (wink wink.) I’d put Alien:Romulus above any film after James Cameron’s 1986 Aliens.
