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If you'd like to be surprised by the Alien: Romulus film, I don't recommend you to watch trailer 1 beyond 0:40, or trailer 2 beyond 1:00, because they give away too much of the plot. They basically provides a summary of the action scenes of the film, except for the very end.

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Article updated: 2024.09.09

The Alien: Romulus (2024) is a futuristic action film. The movie was reviewed by Kadmon.

Product: Alien: Romulus, movie for the Alien series (2024)

Original title: Alien: Romulus

Series: Alien series

Previous entries in the series: Prometheus (2012), probably Alien: Covenant (2017), Alien (1979)

Sequels: indirect sequels: Aliens (1987), Alien 3 (1992), Alien Resurrection (1997)

Setting: future fantasy Earth (Alien & Predator universe)

Product type: Film, ca. 2 hours, Genre: futuristic action, Features: action, aliens, alien (creature), futuristic, futuristic fantasy (fantasy), survival horror (horror), futuristic science fiction (science fiction), spaceship, Style: ?

Release: Premiere: 2024.08.12 (Los Angeles), Release: 2024.08.14

Reviewer: Kadmon, Type: Male, 40s, Preferences: Immersive, logical story, consistent setting, prefers surprises to spoilers, prefers establishing elements before referencing them

Watched: very recent (2024.08), first time

Rating: Weak (2- out of 3 points), Enjoyment: Bad (1 out of 3 points)

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This is my review of Alien: Romulus, a futuristic action movie for the Alien series from 2024. It's about a group of kids trying to steal cargo from a derelict spaseship. The Alien: Romulus film is watchable, I recommend it to fans of the genre.

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

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Review (spoiler-free) - Alien: Romulus, movie (2024)

I knew for a while that an Alien movie is coming from Disney. Watching their Predator movie - Prey (2022) -, and reading their Alien graphic novels was not especially encouraging. But when Romulus finally came out, I wanted to watch it, before the spoilers hit the news, potentially ruining my experience. I've seen all of the previous Alien movies, and I've also seen one of the Romulus trailers.

The Alien: Romulus movie is about a group of kids trying to steal cargo from a derelict spaseship. On the derelict, they run into unexpected trouble.

The story (by Fede Álvarez and Rodo Sayagues) is weak. There are no character arcs. There are plenty of logical problems. 

The cinematography is great, the visuals are great, the action scenes look great. The action is mostly easy to follow.

The characters are not developed, and we don't get to learn practically anything about them. The actors are fine.

The music (by Benjamin Wallfisch) is okay. It's a mix of previous scores created for the Alien franchise. You can listen to the Alien: Romulus official soundtrack here.

Even though I didn't enjoy Alien: Romulus, I feel bad about writing bad things about the movie. I'm pretty sure that the writer and director were both enthusiastic, and I feel it's the studio's fault they didn't get enough help to create a proper plot without feeling like a montage of previous Alien movies.

Alien: Romulus is a watchable futuristic action, that I think fans of the genre could enjoy. (Unless you like the Alien series, and you prefer logical plots, because then you should probably avoid the movie.)

My experience

I was not satisfied with Alien: Romulus (2024). I prefer stories with believable, well-thought, logical plots, and Alien: Romulus couldn't deliver that.

Rating: Weak (2- out of 3 points). Alien: Romulus is a good looking film with a weak plot. As a sequel to the previous Alien movies, it is Bad (1 out of 3 points), as it goes against the established lore.

Enjoyment: Bad (1 out of 3 points). Even though I liked the aesthetics of Alien: Romulus, its multitude of problems didn't let me enjoy the movie.

Rewatchability: I think if you liked the movie for the first time, you will enjoy watching it further times.

Chance of watching it again: Low.

Chance of watching a sequel: I'd probably watch it.

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Will you enjoy this?

If you like horror or action thriller movies, you might like the Alien: Romulus movie.

If you'd like to get comedic moments in your movies, Alien: Romulus will disappoint you, as it's mostly serious.

If you enjoyed Alien, Prometheus or Alien: Covenant, you might be interested in the continuation of the story.

If you don't mind illogical elements in your movies, you may enjoy this.

If you like to be surprised by the development of events, this movie is not for you. Practically every twist is shown or at least hinted earlier, spoiling the surprises.

If you enjoy twists of expectations, you might like this movie immensely. The movie often includes scenes that go against its established rules.

If you hate subtitles, you don't have to worry, there are no subtitles.

If you prefer visuals over story, you'll get plenty of great scenes you might enjoy.

If you hate depiction of violence and gore, don't watch space horror movies.

Do you need to see the other Alien films in the series to enjoy this?

That's a good question, and I assume, yes.

I tried to watch Romulus with the eyes of someone who have never seen an Alien movie, but I can't undo my previous experience.

However, the movie seems to base its twists on knowledge of the other movies of the series, and there are so many intruding references only those would value who know those movies inside out.

So, in the end, I think that new people would appreciate those twists, and they wouldn't understand why some things happen, making some scenes confusing.

Watching for plot points

If you are interested in stories of the Alien franchise, I think it's worth watching the Alien: Romulus movie for the plot points. Otherwise, you won't get anything new you haven't seen before.

Should you watch this on your own screen at home, or is it worth going to the cinema?

The visuals definitely look better if you watch it in cinema.

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Review with spoilers - Alien: Romulus, movie (2024)

I couldn't like the Alien: Romulus movie. The beginning was fine, but as the film progressed, it was harder and harder to take the story seriously. The protagonists are kids without special forces training, yet, they are more effective against the Xenomorph than anyone we have seen in previous instalments. They outfight and outrun facehuggers, they are able to force them off their faces, they survive seemingly mortal injuries. Despite the R (17+) rating, it feels like a kid movie, amped up with some bloody and violent scenes. In this regard, it's similar to Prey (2022) for the Predator franchise, that had similar problems.

As a fan of the Alien series, I would have been satisfied with a pastiche story, adding nothing to the previously established canon. My only requirement is to follow the previously set stories, follow its own internal logic, and make the plot interesting enough for me to watch. And I feel they've failed me in this respect. When Alien Resurrection came out, I didn't like it at all. Then, a couple of years and watchings later I managed to respect it as a stand-alone sci-fi movie, although I still don't consider it a proper part of the Alien series. Prometheus, however, failed even as a stand-alone story, due to the inconsistencies within its plot. Alien: Covenant tried to take the same path Alien: Romulus did, with about the same success.

The premise with the Xenomorph fished out from the wreckage was a bad idea, as it takes away the achievements of Ripley. The beginning with Rain was good, though, it could have gone into a good story.

Cover

The cover of the movie is okay. It doesn't say much, but it doesn't spoil the movie more than the cover of Alien did.

The trailer

I didn't like the trailers. They spoil major parts of the movie. As the movie was also intended for people watching an Alien film for the first time, I find the trailers a bad choice, as they ruin any surprise and fun those people could have. These spoilers are also unnecessary for veteran Alien audience members, as those would expect these things (facehuggers, chesbursters, alien attacks) anyway.

If you prefer spoilers, these are great trailer for the Alien: Romulus film. If you prefer to avoid spoilers, they will ruin the movie for you.

Promise of the first scene

An automated probe finds the wreckage of the Nostromo, and retrieves the Xenomorph left there after Ripley shot it out of the airlock. This is an interesting - and plausible start - for the movie. While I'm uncertain, where will they take the story, I assume there will be some science experiment with the alien that will go wrong, and people will die.

Execution: It was an interesting twist that we have jumped over the events, and all of this "things go wrong, people die" happened off-screen. I'd say we still got to see the results, so I find this okay.

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Plot summary / Synopsis

2141.02.09, Zeta2 Reticuli System: Automated probes were sent by Weyland-Yutani to get the Xenomorph left there after Ripley shot it out of the airlock. One of them (Echo Probe 203) finds the wreckage of the Nostromo, and retrieves its target.

The probe arrives to a facility, where they remove the Xenomorph sample.

2142, Jackson's Star Mining Colony, Alfeios System: A girl (Cailee Spaeny as Rain Carradine), after finishing her required work quota, wants to get transferred to another colony (Yvaga III), where they have finished terraforming, and she could finally see the sun. Unfortunately, they double her required quota, so she gets transferred to the mines (that is implied to be an extremely hazardous job). She has an android helper (David Jonsson as Andy), she considers her "brother".

A guy (Archie Renaux as Tyler) calls her to meet with him and some friends. They tell her they've found a derelict starship drifting into their system. They have a spacecraft (Corbelan IV), but their planned trip would take nine years, so they need cryotubes. The derelict ship still has working cryotubes, so they could use it to get away from this place. They need her android to gain entry to the ship, as both belong to the same company, and they hope this will allow them access. The orbit of the spaceship is decaying, so they'll only have a couple of hours to reach their objective, and this means the destruction will cover their tracks. They leave the planet and reach the starship, that actually turns out to be a space station (Renaissance, with two modules - Remus and Romulus). One the spacecraft, sister (Isabela Merced as Kay) of the guy reveals that she is pregnant.

A guy, his cousin (Spike Fearn as Bjorn) and the android get on the space station. Although they manage to take the cryopods, it turns out they don't have enough power to last for their planned trip, so they continue their search. They reveal to the android that once they'll reach their intended destination, it will get decommissioned, because that colony doesn't allow the use of androids.

The guys find a place where acid burnt through several levels of the station. Then they get into a room, where the system closes the doors on them, after they open a cryo-tube. A screen outside shows the image of a facehugger. In the room they are trapped, we are shown dozens of facehuggers, thawing out of ice.

The girl and the pilot girl (Aileen Wu as Navarro) get on the space station to get them out of the room. They take a memory module from a damaged android (Rook, animated in the likeness of Ian Holm) they find. They give the module to their own android, in hopes that it will give them access to opening the door. While the android is rebooting, the two guys get attacked by facehuggers. Although they get manage to get out, the pilot girl gets caught by one of the facehuggers.

They reactivate the damaged android, in hope it will tell them how to remove the facehugger safely. It tells them that they can't. It also reveals that the Xenomorph they've brought on this station came alive, and wreaked havoc on the station. When it was finally shot down, its acid torn through the hull of the ship, killing the crew, and damaging the android. Using a freezing spray, they still manage to get the facehugger off. The damaged android advises their android that it shouldn't let the pilot girl back on their spacecraft, as that could compromise the safety of other humans. Hearing this, the cousin tries to takes out the android with a shock-stick. The android also turns to be more active, trying to stop the pilot girl, while the cousin tries to stop the android.

The cousin and pilot girl escapes to the spacecraft. There, an infant Xenomorph bursts out of the pilot girl's chest. Due to her convulsions, she accidentally starts the engines, and the spacecraft crashes with the station. The crash knocks out the pregnant girl and the cousin.

The damage to the station knocks it closer to the planet, so it will be destroyed in less than an hour. In order to reach the place where their spacecraft landed, they have to get through a room infested with facehuggers. Hoping to mask their body temperature from the facehuggers, they raise the temperature of the room to their own body temperature. Although they get distressed, raising their temperature, they still manage to outrun the facehuggers, that get locked out.

On the spacecraft, the guy and the pregnant girl find a coccoon. The cousin tries to use a shock-stick to kill the Xenomorph inside, but the resulting acid splash kills him instead. The pregnant girl tries to run away, but she is so focused on the creature, that she falls from a great height. Luckily, she survives with no problems. They find her behind a locked door, but the android refuses to open it because they see the Xenomorph behind her. The Xenomorph stabs the pregnant girl with its tail, and takes her away. The android reveals that its updated directives dictate to act in the best interests of the Company.

When they reach a lab, the damaged android calls them to reveal they have found a special DNA boost (the black goo) in the body of the Xenomorph, they can use to make humans a perfect organism. After seeing how dangerous the Xenomorph is, they decided against recreating it, so they tried to use its biology to help humanity. It shows them vials of the material (Compound Z-01). The damaged android shows them footage of a lab rat getting healthy after being damaged. The android takes the vials. The android gets pulse rifles from the armoury, hoping they will look more threatening to the Xenomorph, so it won't immediately charge them. After they leave, the audience is shown the mutated carcass of that lab rat.

During their way out, they go through a Xenomorph hive. They find the pregnant girl still alive, but badly wounded. The android hands them one of the vials, as a mean to save her. They decide against using it, and try to get the pregnant girl into a cryotube instead. It turns out there are multiple Xenomorphs in the hive. One of them kills the guy. The android gets hit, and starts to malfunction, so they leave it there. The girl and the pregnant girl escape.

The girl decides to go back for the android. She tasks the pregnant girl to take the vials to the spacecraft, program the autopilot to go back to the colony, and get into a cryotube. After she leaves, the pregnant girl injects one of the vials into herself, hoping to cure her injuries and save her baby.

The girl gets back to the hive, finds the android, and exchanges the memory module. This enables to android to act again like his original self. Xenomorphs attack them, but the girl shoots their way out of the hive.

They reach their spacecraft, and take off. They put the pregnant girl into a cryo-tube. The space station falls into the rings of the planet, causing major damage.

They set course to their destination (Yvaga system). The cryo-tube of the pregnant girl suddenly wakes her up due to irregular lifesigns. An strange half-human hybrid is born from her pregnancy. The baby quickly grows to a human size, and kills the pregnant woman and damages the android. The girl arrives, but at that time its twice the height of a human. She escapes and dons a space suit to survive quickly dropping temperature and air due to the compromised hull. The girl uses the alien acid to get both of them sucked out of the ship, while she is tethered. This damages the hybrid creature, that falls out. The girl gets into a cryo-tube.

The setting

Set in the future of a fantasy Earth, in 2141-2142, in space over another planet.

The story is set 20 years after the events of Alien.

There are alien creatures in this universe.

The creature

They find the Xenomorph drifting in some kind of coccoon, probably to protect it while it hybernates in space. It looks like the "box alien" featured in the Alien graphic novel.

We see that after molting, the Xenomorph creates a coccoon, to protect itself while changing.

The Romulus variant of the Xenomorphs have some weaknesses compared to their regular counterparts.

Facehuggers

  • They are easily forced off a face. The regular ones are hard to get off.
  • They don't seem to use acid to burn through resistence. A regular one burnt through a space helmet to get to Kane.
  • They are implied to be blind. The regular ones were probably not blind. Even in Romulus, they seem to maneuver in 3D without any problems.

Xenomorph adults

  • They show up on the targeters of the pulse rifle. In Aliens, one of the problems of the marines was that they couldn't be seen on their infrared visors, and their pulse rifles lacked the targeters the ones in Romulus has.
  • They seem to be slower or clumsier. Rain can just shoot dozens of them, even though she uses a gun for the first time, and not even one is able to reach her through a distance of about 20 meters.

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Analysis of the story - Alien: Romulus, movie (2024)

I had so many questions about the plot that it prevented me from enjoying Alien: Romulus.

The message of the story

I'm not sure there's one. "If you find an alien creature, don't start to experiment with it to improve the genetics of humanity"?

The structure of the story

The scenes of the Alien: Romulus film are played in sequence, following the same storyline. 

There's no single viewpoint character. We often see events not seen by any of the characters.

It has the usual arc of the dramatic structure - introduction, action, resolution.

Parallels with other stories

The movie felt for me like a second try after Alien: Covenant to create a sequel to Prometheus. Covenant also jammed everything from the previous movies of the Alien franchise into its plot, and also ended without a proper resolution.

Fan-service

The fan-service aspect is visible in Alien: Romulus movie, you get several elements from the movies of the franchise.

Scenes and elements from previous works:

Alien franchise

  • Corbelan (the name of their spacecraft) is a name of a character in the novel Nostromo (1904), from Joseph Conrad. The Alien franchise often uses spaceship names related to Conrad's works.
  • The name of the first android we see is Andy. In the Alien franchise, they tend to name androids in the series with names that alphabetically increase.
  • The second android is called Rook. In Aliens, we have seen a Bishop, so it's probably based on a chess reference.

Alien, movie (1979)

  • The looks of the spaceship and computer.
  • The iconography made by Ron Cobb.
  • The water-drinking bird: I find this unnecessary.
  • As noticed by Dennis Moiseyev, they are drinking Aspen beer, made by Weyland-Yutani.
  • Android model that looks like Ash: As the CGI was not the best, I don't think this was a good idea.
  • Reactivating a damaged android (an Ash model).
  • The Xenomorph from Alien still has the harpoon embedded into its body.
  • Finding the skin of the molting Xenomorph.
  • Blue mist in the hive.
  • A Xenomorph, hidden in the scenery, suddenly moves.
  • Getting the head bitten by the inner jaws of the Xenomorph.
  • "Open the door!" dialogue between Ash and a female protagonist.
  • "I can't lie to you about your chances, but... you have my sympathies." said by an android (in Ash's likeness).
  • A female protagonist dresses off, preparing for cryosleep.
  • A female protagonist getting in a space suit to defeat a Xenomorph. Ripley in Alien against the Xenomorph. Rain in Romulus against the hybrid. It's justified as both of them prepare for exposure with vacuum.
  • Xenomorph hiding in their escaping craft.
  • Protagonist jettisons Xenomorph. Ripley in Alien defeats the Xenomorph. Rain in Romulus defeats the hybrid.
  • In an unused storyboard for Alien, the female protagonist gets jettisoned into space along with the creature, and has to climb back to the spacecraft using a cable.
  • "This is the last survivor, signing off"

Aliens, movie (1987)

  • The Jackson's Star Mining Colony looks like Hadley's Hope.
  • A character hostile towards androids, because it caused the dead of loved ones.
  • According to Dennis Moiseyev, "Game over, man!" is printed on the screen of the video game, Bjorn is playing.
  • "I prefer the term 'Artificial Person', myself." told by an android. Might be justified by similar programming.
  • Android crawling in airducts.
  • Android torn (melted) in half.
  • Giant hole between the levels of the station, melted by alien acid.
  • The first battles with the Xenomorph happen off-screen. We only see the results.
  • The pilot of a spacecraft convulses due to Xenomorph attack, crashing the spacecraft into a station.
    • The crash causes a more limited time for the protagonist to get out of the situation.
  • Pulse rifles.
  • The girl gets taught how to handle a pulse rifle. The scene may be justified, as it's probably the standard procedure of teaching soldiers how to handle pulse rifles.
  • A Xenomorph hive.
  • "Busy little creatures" told by someone, when seeing the Xenomorph hive. Burke in Aliens. Andy in Romulus.
  • Getting a girl out of an alien coccoon.
  • A Xenomorph, hidden in the scenery, suddenly moves, and grabs one of the characters. 
  • Aliens crawling through the airducts.
  • Taking an elevator to escape the hive.
  • A female protagonist wearing Reebok shoes.
  • A woman goes back to the alien hive to retrieve a loved one.
  • Female protagonist stepping out of an elevator, holding an assault rifle.
  • "Get away from her, you bitch!" - this didn't fit into the story, and I felt it was intruding.
  • A girl hiding under the floor panels while the Xenomorph tries to find her.
  • Giving birth to an alien baby. It was only a dream in Aliens.
  • Xenomorph hiding in their escaping craft.
  • Protagonist jettisons Xenomorph. Ripley in Aliens defeats the queen. Rain in Romulus defeats the hybrid.
  • "Die, motherf****r!" yelled by a character. Hudson in Aliens. Rain in Romulus. In Aliens, the phrase fits the vocabulary of the character.

Alien 3, movie (1992)

  • The 20th Century logo changing.
  • A Xenomorph hovers over a woman in a kissing position. It's a good question though, why does the creature pose in this manner.

Alien Resurrection, movie (1997)

  • The story is set on a space station.
  • The protagonists are a group of criminals.
    • They have their own spacecraft.
    • The group includes an android.
    • The group of criminals are joined by the female protagonist.
  • Scientists do genetic experiments on the Xenomorph.
  • They have a limited time to get out of the space station, as it will fall into the orbit of a planet, destroying it.
  • Xenomorph hiding in their escaping craft.
  • A half-human half-alien hybrid trying to connect with its mother.
  • The hybrid gets sucked out of a ship using alien acid.
  • Protagonist jettisons Xenomorph. Ripley in Alien Resurrection defeats the newborn. Rain in Romulus defeats the hybrid.

Prometheus, movie (2012)

  • People taking off their space helmets in a potentially hazardous environment.
  • The Prometheus mission, and Mr. Weyland giving his life for it, is mentioned.
  • The urn from the Engineer's ship is shown.
  • A woman gives birth to an alien creature.
  • The Xenomorph hybrid looks like an Engineer.

Alien: Covenant, movie (2017)

  • People taking off their space helmets in a potentially hazardous environment.
  • Girl begging for the others to open the door, while a Xenomorph is behind her, ready to attack.

Alien: Isolation, computer game (2014)

  • Some reviewers noticed scenery elements from the game. As I never played the game, I assume they are right.
  • There's an includsion of save points (emergency phones), before threatening scenes.

Things I liked

  • They managed to copy the sets of Alien and Aliens, and those look great.
  • They managed to copy the creature designs of the Alien universe, and those are cool. 
  • The action scenes and the visual effects are good.
  • We only see the results of the first battle against the Xenomorph (like in Aliens and The Thing). I find this a good idea, as it leaves the whole thing to the imagination of the audience. (Although I'm almost sure there will be a prequel novel or graphic novel that will tell us the events in detail.)
  • Some of the death scenes were unique and cool:
    • Guy getting killed by acid dropping on his heart.
    • Chestburster coming out while being lit through by a scanner.
    • Girl falling off from the airlock, trying to get away from a Xenomorph. (Although later it's revealed that it didn't hurt her.)

Problematic elements

The title: Why "Romulus"? Only a part of the story is set on the Romulus module of the space station. (Update: The director stated this was only a working title, that got stuck, because they couldn't come up with anything better. I feel this is a theme that went through the whole production - they started to use scenes and sets of Alien and Aliens as inspiration, then they got stuck with those, because they couldn't come up with anything better.)

Intruding fan service: Those who are already dedicated fans of the Alien franchise, don't need fan service, they need a good story. Those, who are new to the Alien franchise, won't appreciate the moments of fan service, and they might even get confused by them.

Outsider information: During the movie, we are often shown things that foreshadows events, that the characters don't know about. I don't like these, and I feel it takes away from the surprise of the story.

  • The facehuggers in the cryo-chamber.
  • The carcass of the lab rat, mutated by the material in the vial.

Lack of introductions: We only get proper introduction for the main character, and her android. The pregnant girl sort-of gets some introduction when she reveals her pregnancy, but that's it. We don't really get to learn who the rest of the crew is.

Lack of personality / backgrounds: Although we get some tidbits about their background, to care about these unlikeable criminals, the creators should either give them some quirky personality traits, or give us more information about their personal history, so we get attached to their fates. Alien worked without this, because they were given archetypical roles. Aliens and Alien Resurrection worked because the main characters were unique. Alien 3 fell somewhere between the two, and it weren't very succesful either.

Lack of emotions: Most of the time, we didn't really see any emotions on the characters. I assume this is the fault of both the script and the director, as I feel they didn't get proper scenes to act out emotions.

  • Rain getting sentenced for several years of mining. This probably meant she will die there, but she takes this as a champion. Then she lives through lots of stressful events, witnesses lots of horrible things, but she doesn't seem to get changed by these. The actress plays the character similarly to Ripley in Aliens, but by that time she had been through a lot. In Alien, even Ripley was a lot more vulnerable.
  • Something happened to the parents of Tyler and Kay just before the events of the movie. When it gets mentioned, they just brush it off.
  • Tyler and Bjorn is cocky throughout the movie, until both of them die due to their cocky nature. Even though I don't suppose they've been through any similar events before.
  • Kay is pregnant, full of hormones that change her emotions. She witnesses the birth of a chestburster. Then she witnesses the horrible death of her cousin. Then she falls into a pit, endangering her child. Then she gets attacked and impaled by a Xenomorph. Then she gets coccooned into a hive, full of tormented carcasses. Then she witnesses the death of her brother. Yet, none of these phaze her even slightly. At least, when she starts giving birth to a mutated kid, she looks kinda distressed, and when her kid starts to devour her alive, it looks like she managed to show some terror on her face.

Lack of tension: This problem is made up of multiple points.

  • Lack of threats: The movie quickly establishes that the facehuggers are not deadly threats like they were in previous movies. We are also shown that the kids can brush off injuries beyond the believable limits. Later, dozens of Xenomorphs get killed by a girl who uses a gun for the first time. This makes the whole story lose tension. When something remotely dangerous happened, I assumed the characters will survive. Even when they didn't, I didn't feel much, because I was already prepared that they will be saved somehow, and by the time I realised they won't, the scene was over.
  • Lack of stakes: There were no real stakes on the part of the characters. Sure, if they couldn't steal the cryopods, they need to wait for another opportunity. But they could have gone back to their ship anytime to return home. Only Rain had some slight stakes, as she would be transferred to the mines, so she would have to work harder than previously.
  • Lack of proactive actions: The characters had everything they needed to complete their planned mission. It could have been more interesting to properly prepare a heist - like they usually do in a heist movie.
  • Lack of hinderances: Most of the time they don't have anything that would hinder their plans. There are some difficulties due to the nature of the events happening in the Alien series, but nothing unexpected.

Lack of visually distinct and unique sets: The sets were practically copies of the sets from previous movies. While this is useful as fan-service, it didn't provide an original experience, and I couldn't distinguish the sets of the spacecraft and the space station, so some scenes when they made jump-cuts were a little bit confusing. The space station didn't feel like it was a distinct design. While I can come up with the explanation that the look of the sets are similar to the ones seen in other movies, because the modules were built by the same company, this still doesn't satisfy me.

Lack of variance in lighting: Basically everything was either dark or half-lit. When I tried to get some images to use as illustrations, it was hard to find some that allowed the viewers to see what's going on.

Making all of Ripley's efforts moot: Takes away Ripley's achievement of supposedly killing the Xenomorph, as it shows up here, and continues its rampage. No matter what she did in Alien, the Xenomorph survived. Even after this, her struggle in Aliens, Alien 3 and even in Alien Resurrection had no impact, as the Company already had the Xenomorph compound in their possession. I find this disrespectful to the whole franchise.

Also, it makes Aliens and Alien 3 pointless from the Company's perspective, as they've probably already got what they wanted, and if they really wanted to get more specimen, they could have just visited the derelict from Alien.

Twists of expectations for veteran Alien fans: There are a couple of scenes I feel were only intended to be surprising for those who have watched the previous movies of the franchise. This is especially showing, as some of those scenes were in the trailers, making the viewers believe that things will happen in the previously expected ways.

  • Bjorn gets a facehugger on his face - but he takes it off with no problem.
  • Tyler gets a facehugger on his face - but he takes it off with no problem.
  • They turn the damaged android - and it's Ash! From Alien!
  • Kay falls to her death - but survives unscathed.
  • Kay gets attacked by a Xenomorph - but survives unscathed.
  • Key gets coccooned - but she hasn't been implanted an alien embryo, and gets out with no problem.
  • Rain gets attacked by a swarm of Xenomorphs - but she just shoots them all.
  • Rain gets attacked by a Xenomorph - but survives unscathed.

By the time Navarro got a facehugger on her, I assumed she will also just take it off, like the others did previously. When the chestburster started to get out of her body, I didn't believe that she will really die, I assumed they will find a way to neutralise or slow the creature, maybe put her body into a cryopod. The movie taught me that these things are possible in the universe of this specific movie, and it was an abrupt twist that suddenly, reality didn't work that way.

The wreckage of the Nostromo: Some reviewers pointed out that in the 20 years since the explosion, the pieces of the wreckage would have been scattered. Also, I'm pretty sure the multiple thermonuclear explosions of the self-destruct system were more than enough to completely vaporise any remains. However, as this doesn't affect the flow of the plot, I consider this an acceptable "artistic licence", so the audience get a chance to recognise the ship from the Alien movie.

Removing the Xenomorph from the coccoon: The scientists doesn't seem to be protected, as if they are unaware of the potential danger. If I were a scientist, facing even a dormant Xenomorph, I'd make sure to be properly behind some impenetrable wall.

Starting the story twice: The first scene establishes that this will be about the Xenomorph from Nostromo. We even see how it gets on the space station. This promises us that we will see the carnage on the space station. Yet, that plotline stops right there, and we get introduced to a previously unknown girl, living on an unrelated planet. If Alien: Romulus is her story - as revealed through the movie -, we should have started the plot with her. Also, there should have been a proper ending to her story, instead of a broken arc, ending when she leaves for her destination, instead of showing her reaching the intended colony.

The first scenes are also unnecessary, because the events are later told by Rook anyway. If they really wanted to show us footage, they could have shown some parts on the screens in the science lab.

Obvious protagonist: The fact that the second plotline starts with Rain, shows us that this is going to be her story. That means, the rest of the characters will be cannon-fodders, who will probably die horrible deaths, as this is an Alien movie. While the movie did follow up on this promise, I don't really feel it belongs to an Alien movie, where a more uncertain fate of characters would be preferred. Or if said protagonist would sacrifice themselves for the sake of protecting the others.

Android with a disability: While an android can have malfunctions, lower than optimal processing power, this specific one (Andy) acts like it has mental disabilities. It's hard to imagine anyone would program an android to act like that, and it's harder to imagine that glitches would cause it to specifically act like that.

The Corbelan IV's take-off: Nobody notices or questions why or where will the kids take the ship? I assume they don't own the ship, and they'd probably need to give a flight plan to the authorities.

Zero gravity on the space station: It seems that things are just floating, until they switch on the artificial gravity. However, they are falling into the gravity well of the planet. That means, the gravity is already affecting it. Even the creators aknowledge it - there's enough gravity to pull that really big space station towards the planet. In the end, they are at the rings of the planet. Based on the size of the planet, and considering the closeness of the rings, I assume they are about 1,000-2,000 kms away from the surface. If the planet has the gravity of Earth (I base this on their ease of movement while on the colony), it means there's 50-70% of the gravity at that distance. So, those aliens wouldn't be floating when Rain switches off the artificial gravity, they would just weight less, and the plane of gravity would shift from the floor to probably one of the walls. Also, while I don't know how artificial gravity works, being in the gravity field of a planet would surely cause some strange side effects.

Taking off their helmets: I get it that it's a fan-service reference to Prometheus and Covenant, but it's still unwise to take off your helmet in a potentially hazardous environment. They didn't know what happened on the space station, and they didn't even analyse the air before taking those helmets off.

Facehugger attack in the water: I highly doubt that an unaware guy would be able to withstand getting facehugged by multiple facehuggers at once. We have seen previously how strongly those fingers and tail can hold their victim, yet they are able to just force them off their faces.

The door to the facehugger room: The facehuggers just crash the window on the door to get out of the room. Yet, after getting out of that specific room, they are trapped by a seemingly identical door.

The animation of Rook: While it's a small thing, the animation of Rook was so bad, it breaks immersion.

Facehuggers getting stopped by glass: We have seen in Alien that they are able to use their acid to get through obstructions that would get in their way. Seeing that the company didn't install acid-proof materials on the station (otherwise there weren't a multi-level hole in the lab), I don't think those glasses could stop a facehugger.

Presumably blind facehuggers: In previous movies, we have seen they are able to maneuver in 3D spaces, implying some kind of way to sense their surroundings. Even in Romulus, a facehugger tried to attack the girl through the window, even though they couldn't have sensed their temperature. Also, they seem to be able to climb up and drop from vertical spaces, as if they "knew" they won't fall into the void.

Masking body temperature: If they really wanted to mask their heat, they could have put on some space suits. Although, in Alien, a facehugger attacked people in a space suit, that totally masked their body temperature. Also, both the guy and the girl have the same body temperature? This doesn't seem to make sense to me.

Going through the facehuggers: As this is a space station, there are probably space suits somewhere near. They could get out of an airlock, and get to their spaceship outside of the station. Even if they can't, their android sure can, or can get through the facehuggers without getting knocked out, and get the spacecraft to them.

Outrunning the facehuggers: This doesn't seem probable for me.

Bjorn in the acid: The scene didn't feel real for me. After the guy gets injured by the Xenomorph's tail, I'd assume he'd try to get away from the danger. I have to admit that his death looks cool, but there could have been a more realistic way to achieve that.

The pregnant girl surviving the fall: This doesn't seem probable for me. Even if she did survive, she should have received serious wonds, preventing her from escaping the Xenomorph. Otherwise, I really liked this scene, and would have loved it, if it would have meant the end of the pregnant girl.

The pregnant girl surviving the stab: I find it highly unlikely that she could survive getting stabbed through her body, then being lifted by that stab, then taken away by the Xenomorph.

Magazine for the pulse rifle: In Aliens, the magazines for the M41A rifle carried 99 rounds. In Romulus, the magazines for this rifle carried 450 rounds. In order to fit that many rounds, I assume they must be some kind of micro-ammunition with either low energy bursts (so it won't get through the hull), or miniature bullets. Either way, the effects seem to be very similar to the M41A.

Zero gravity acid fight: While it does look great, it doesn't make sense. First, the android told them that the alien acid will burn through the hull, if they shoot any of the aliens. We have seen in Aliens that the acid doesn't just flow slowly out of a wound, it sprays, like blood from an artery wound. That means the acid would have just splashed all around the walls in 0G, tearing holes in the hull, giving them a quick space burial.

Clumsy Xenomorphs during the zero gravity fight: These Xenomorphs got used to being in zero gravity, because it was Tyler's crew who switched on the artificial gravity. The creatures have prehensile tails, so they could grab the rails if they want to crawl. They could also use their tails to push and propel themselves towards their target. Yet, they just hang in the air, waiting to be killed by an untrained kid.

Xenomorph threatening Rain: As Dennis Moiseyev noticed, it's questionable, why does the Xenomorph is posing and threatens Rain, instead of taking her away. In Alien 3, Ripley was carrying a Xenomorph embryo. Rain doesn't have this kind of protection.

Andy in the elevator fight: It looked to me that the memory module taken from Rook was what enabled Andy to act "professionally". After Rain took the module in the hive, while Andy got his original personality back, it still looks like the new programming allowed it to fight like a soldier.

The rings of the planet: The rings look like they are made out of solid rock, that grates away everything that touches it. While such a ring might be possible, I find it highly unlikely.

The egg of the hybrid: Why is the hybrid's egg filled with acid? How come that it fell into the cargo bay so conveniently, that not a drop fell out of the shell? Not even when the baby hybrid got out of it, probably dripping with acid? Also, we have seen in previous movies that the acid loses its potency after a while, how come that it was conveniently still active minutes later, when Rain wanted to use it to burn through the hull?

Lack of closure: It doesn't really give us a proper closure. The story of Rain is at a halfpoint during the end of the movie. We should have at least seen her arrival at the colony. It worked in Alien, because Ripley just wanted to survive.

Unanswered questions

  • If the Company spent that much effort in finding the wreckage of the Nostromo to retrieve the Xenomorph, why didn't they go directly to the planet where the crew found the eggs? (The probe found it 20 years after the event, and I assume they started searching for it immediately, and with probably more than one probe.) They knew exactly where they've received the signals, even if they didn't know the specific planet it was coming from.
  • Did they have a Xenomorph Queen on the space station? Otherwise, how were they able to get those dozens of facehuggers?
  • Why didn't the Company go after their drifting space station? They probably knew where it is. They should have sent a team to retrieve the vials and make sure to completely destroy the station.
  • Why didn't the colony do anything about the drifting space station? If the kids were able to detect it, the colony also should have registered it. The drifting station poses a danger to the colony, so they should have done something to get rid of it safely.
  • Why didn't the colony go after the missing spacecraft? Or after the missing kids?
  • How do the Xenomorphs create those coccoons? They would need something to be able to create that amount of material. That's especially interesting in the case of the one they find in space - it didn't have access to any excess material it could have used.
  • How was the Xenomorph hybrid able to grow so quickly? In order to do that, it would have required a lot of material to build its body from.
  • What happened to those vials? Do they still have them on their spaceship?
  • After the end, what will happen to the girl? At her destination, will they just accept it that she stole a ship from her colony? If she knows that her android will be decommissioned after arrival, why didn't she choose another destination?
  • After the end, what will happen to the Xenomorphs? They might have been scattered in space, but we have just seen in the beginning that they are able to survive that condition.

Alien (1979)

  • The look of Ash was supposed to be a unique design, so he'd be mistaken for a regular human. Why would they use the same design on the space station?

Aliens (1987)

  • If they've already found the original Xenomorph from Nostromo, and retrieved the genetic material they've required, why were they still after the same thing during Aliens?
  • Even if they were not sure about Ripley's report, after they have witnessed what can a single Xenomorph do on the space station, why didn't the Company send a proper army to Hadley's Hope?
  • As the Company had a lot of additional information about the Xenomorph due to research on the space station. Why didn't they include this secretly in the memory of Bishop?
  • As they have seen that the original Xenomorph was able to survive for 20 years in space, does this mean that the Queen will just be there for the Company to collect?
  • As we have seen in Alien: Romulus, the cryo-tubes require special cryo-fuel to work. How much cryo-fuel did they store in Ripley's cryo-tube? It was supposed to take a couple of months to reach Earth, I don't think the Company would waste decades worth of extra fuel.

Alien 3 (1992)

  • If the Company already has access to the Xenomorph genetic material even before Aliens, why are they so desperate to get the alien in Ripley?

Alien Resurrection (1997)

  • If the Company already has access to the Xenomorph genetic material, why do they spend hundreds of years trying to get it from the remains of Ripley?

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Possibilities of improvement

  • Cut the very beginning. Don't tell us how the Company found the Xenomorphs.
  • Cut the self-referential fan-service elements.
  • Cut the parts where unplausible events happen. It's believable when the android grabs and throws a facehugger. It's not when an injured kid does the same.
  • Cut any parts of the movie where the action slows down. That would allow the audience to start thinking about the unrealistic elements, plot holes, and the consequences of these. Try to hold their attention until the movie ends.
  • Create a more realistic animation for the Rook android.
  • Add dialogue to Rook that the scientists tried to make the Xenomorphs weaker and more compliant. This could explain why those facehuggers created on the space station can be beaten by the kids.
  • Try to get rid of the scenes with the vial and the hybrid, as their existence clashes with the sequels.

How it could have been better?

Add urgency and tension to the plot, so it wouldn't be this predictable.

Start with Tyler's crew finding out about the drifting derelict. Tyler's parents recently died in a docking accident, so they are running out of money soon, and his sister is pregnant. If she is sent to the mines to work, that would almost certainly mean the dead of her baby.

They don't have a spaceship, nor have a way to access the derelict's security. Tyler's father was a cargo hauler pilot, so he has access to the landing pads. They decide to steal a cargo hauler, as Tyler is familiar with the mechanics.

They need a pilot, so they convince Navarro, who is the girlfriend of Tyler's cousin. Now, they only need security clearence. They try to steal some access codes or access cards from the higher ups, to no avail.

Then, they run into an android, Andy, being beaten up by some kids, while Rain tries to defend the android with her body, pleading to them, that destroying the android would kill her. Tyler realises that an android would still have the access codes, so they come to the rescue.

It is explained that the locals hate androids, as they fear that they will take away their jobs, making humans obsolate. Rain, while working in the mines after her father's death, has contacted the lung rust. Her father made her this medical droid from discarded parts to keep her alive. However, the android is already having malfunctions, so Rain is desperate to find some solution. When Tyler's crew tell her about their plan to get away from the planet, she agrees.

Tyler's crew should be more numerous than the one in the movie, allowing for more of them dying, letting the audience show the dangers of the creatures. Navarro has a partner, Kay has a partner.

In order to hide the fact that Navarro is the one that gets facehugged on the poster, she could have long hair in the begginning, and she only cuts it short when they get the cryopods, preparing for the cryosleep. (Or just use something completely different as a poster.)

Then Tyler goes to the landing pad, convinces the guards that he'd like to show his friends the spaceships. Then they create some false alarms, and steal the ship his father used to run. They make sure that the landing pad will malfunction for several hours, so they won't be able to get after them, and they would have enough time to get the cryopods, and get away.

They get on board the space station. There are signs of damage due to fighting the Xenomorph and there are signs of some strange experiments going on, but the derelict seems abandoned. While they try to find the cargo, they run into unarmed security androids. They need to fight them to get the cryopods out of the station.

They have the cryopods, seemingly victorious. They check the comms, the colony still can't send a ship after them. Tyler sends Navarro to program the coordinates of their target colony, while they check the cryopods. However, it turns out there's not enough cryo-fluid for the trip for all of them. They start to argue that they could leave some of them on the station, and they would get picked up, while Tyler and her sister could get away. The sister doesn't want to leave without her partner. Navarro would get expelled from pilot academy, so she is desperate to leave. In the end, they decide to go back to find some more cryo-fluid on the station.

This should be about halfway through the story. Then the most of the movie could happen - they run into facehuggers, they die one by one. Rook tells about finding a Xenomorph, and the potential danger of having one around.

When Navarro and her partner gets on the spacecraft, there's real unease on the part of the rest of the crew, as they are uncertain how would they react. They are truly concerned that Navarro will just leave them on the derelict.

When Rook tells them that the vial contains potential cure, Rain immediately thinks of taking it to save herself, but Andy objects that some examination would be in order before administering it. When Andy malfunctions, she could go back for the android so it could do these examinations. They get back to the ship. (No acid fight scene.)

When Kay gives herself a dose, it does heal her injuries, allowing her to reach the spacecraft, but later she dies horribly due to her pregnancy going wrong, giving premature birth to a disfigured thing. (No hybrid scene.)

As Navarro already programmed the coordinates before her death, Rain, the only survivor starts the spaceship, and hopes for the best.

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How does it compare to the other works of the creators?

From the works of the writers (Fede Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues), I've seen Evil Dead (2013), that had a weak story, put together from a previous movie. Romulus is similar in this way - it's a soulless collage of scenes and ideas from the previous movies of the Alien franchise, without anything else to add to it.

From the movies of the director (Fede Alvarez), I've seen Evil Dead (2013), that was weak, but I don't remember how much of that experience depended on the writing and how much on the direction. Here, the direction was mostly good - except for some personal preferences. So I assume he knows what he is doing.

How does it compare to the other films in the series?

I still consider the first two movies the strongest, even though Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection was entertaining. And while I dislike Prometheus and Alien: Covenant for their stupid plots, they still had stronger ideas than Romulus does.

If you plan to watch Romulus, I'd recommend you to watch Alien and Aliens, instead of watching a rehash of them.

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Plot

  • Set in a futuristic fantasy setting, the future of Earth, in the Alien universe.
  • A crew find a derelict spaceship, that carries cargo they need.
    • The orbit of the derelict is decaying, so it will be destroyed in a couple of hours.
      • They find it out scientists did secret biological experiments on the derelict.
        • The results of said experiments run amok on the derelict.
  • Genetic experiments to create an alien-human hybrid.
    • The experiments go wrong, causing the death of everyone in the facility.
  • A crew of criminals try to steal cargo from a derelict ship.
    • They are mostly unlikeable characters.
      • One of them is an android.

Scenes

  • The scenes on the mining colony are good to show the life on a mining colony.
  • The scenes when they take off from the colony, and they reach the space station are good to depict the take off and docking of a spacecraft.
  • The scenes when they wander the abandoned corridors are good to show scavengers exploring a derelict vessel.
  • The scenes when they switch on the systems of a facility is good to depict such a thing being done.

Designs

  • I liked the look of the boxy ground cars.

Scenario ideas - Role-playing game scenario ideas

Steal the cargo: The team finds out about a derelict ship / abandoned facility. When they get there to loot it, it turns out that something deadly got out of the experiments run in that place.

Save the friend: During a mission, one of their friends get infected (disease, parasite, possession). They have to get their friend out of the dangerous area in a limited time to save them.

Save another friend: During the rescue mission above, another one of their friends get some problems (twisted ankle, being paralised by fear), letting the others leave them in the dangerous area. After they get the first friend of of the danger, they have to go back, and also retrieve this friend.

Scenario ideas - Wargame scenario ideas

Hazardous terrain (solo game): A team of mercenaries, armed with ranged weapons, get attacked by a swarm of alien creatures. When a creature is killed, they create an area around them, that makes that place inaccessible (puddle of acid, hole in the ground, warp vortex). You can use circles to mark these areas, or any tokens if you use a playing area with smaller zones marked on it (for example, RPG gaming mats). As the mercenaries try to get through the area, they have to make sure to kill only those aliens that stand in places where they won't block their way.

Miniatures - 1/50-1/60 (28-32mm scale)

Civilians: Human-sized (S3) modern (advanced) human female / male civilian. Find a model!

Alien Warrior: Large (S4) wild Aliens Xenomorph Warrior (Humanoid - Humanoid alien - Humanoid alien carnivore), with empty handsFind a model!

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Frequently asked questions - Alien: Romulus, movie (2024)

Is the Alien: Romulus film based on a book or comics?

No, Alien: Romulus is not based on either books or comics.

Is the Alien: Romulus film a remake or reboot?

No, the Alien: Romulus film is neither a remake nor a reboot.

Is there a post credit scene in Alien: Romulus? Does Alien: Romulus have end credit scenes? Does Alien: Romulus have a post credit scene?

No, there's no post credit scene in Alien: Romulus.

Where can I see Alien: Romulus? What is Alien: Romulus playing on? What streaming service is Alien: Romulus on? Where can I watch Alien: Romulus online? Is Alien: Romulus available on Netflix? Is Alien: Romulus on Amazon?

As of 2024.0816, Alien: Romulus is only available in cinemas.

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Resources - Alien: Romulus, movie (2024)

Official

20th Century Studios: Alien: Romulus: Official article.

Information

IMDB: Alien: Romulus (2024): Database article.

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Creation

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Klág Dávid (for Telex): Így dolgozhattak a középkori kőművesek egy katedrális építésén (in Hungarian): Article by the Hungarian movie crew about creating the sets and effects for Romulus, in Hungarian.¤

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Dennis Moiseyev: 15 Best Easter Eggs And Hidden Details In Alien: Romulus: Analysis article, explaining the references in Alien: Romulus.¤

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