Alien: Romulus Review

Alien: Romulus reviewed by Tom Jorgensen. In theaters August 16, 2024.
Evoking the genetic f***ery that always spells doom in these movies, Alien: Romulus is a lean, mean, chimeric beauty. Fede Álvarez proves that his Evil Dead remake was no fluke: The director seamlessly keys into the narrative and aesthetic touchstones of the series and marshals them to breathtaking ends. Romulus occasionally takes a turn down a dead end hall pace-wise – and unfortunately its most audacious bridge to the franchise’s past is extremely rickety – but those missteps are forgivable considering how confidently and judiciously Álvarez handles them elsewhere. Helped along by a talented ensemble of young actors and reference-quality production design, Alien: Romulus’s back-to-basics approach to blockbuster horror boils everything fans love about the tonally-fluid franchise into one film, and it’s one that you’re going to need to start making time for the next time you plan on marathoning Alien and Aliens.

[whambam]

1. Click on the video
2. See someone comment the score
3. Exit the video

[Elibbb-sxkg]

Remember, they give alien isolation 5.9 score

[rdrxr]

I'll never forget their silly 'Alien: Isolation' review, especially when they criticized it for being too difficult in a period when AAA games were pulling back on difficulty. Fast forward to today and From Software has everyone wanted to throw their controllers at the screen, and its a 10 out of 10. 'Alien: Isolation' was a masterclass in atmosphere with an addictive game-play loop. It certainly must've done something right if it inspired the director of of Romulus to go all in with this project!

[mikeparkinson]

Considering Fede himself said how much he appreciated Alien Isolation, I'm amazed this didn't get a 5.9 out of 10.

[gerrardtin]

IGN: we see you trying to make up for Ryan’s review of Alien Isolation. Yes, that game IS excellent.

[mohamadnaseri]

How dare you speak of Alien: Isolation

[Skiffatron]

that offhand alien isolation praise isnt gonna erase the undeserved 5.9 from all those years ago chief

[ROS]

Remember when IGN Shat on Alien Isolation… piss off🤦🏼‍♂️

[TBrown-qbpz]

Never forget 10 years ago, back when IGNs reviews held enough weight to "make or break" the potential sales of any game, that IGN gave Alien Isolation a 5.9, & is why it never got a true sequel.

[lorddoma]

For me (as a huge Alien fan) it was an easy 9 out of 10. Best Alien film since 1986 Aliens

[travispizinger]

I’m just here for the Alien Isolation posts, which are all valid.

[TravellerInTheWholeWorld]

Now he can start working on a new Terminator movie. Looks like he understands what audiences want.

[Only.The.Best.]

Somebody give alveraz a nightmare on elmstreet

[wonderbrad]

Fede is the modern day John Carpenter. I'd love to see him tackle an original work. We need more of that.

[JayDizzle]

Bro brought out the entire dictionary for this one

[Mnerd]

Alien Isolation game made into an Alien Romulus movie.

[derp]

Freddy needs to attempt a Dead Space movie, he has it in the bag.

[xramons]

Fede Alvarez rebooting a Jurassic park film would be insane

[AHazyNebula]

8.5/10

Saw it last night, great solid Alien franchise movie. Almost felt like it belongs with the older Alien movies. My main complaint was some of the face CGI of a certain character which looks just a little too fake looking. Overall, a really solid movie.

[vince_c]

Give us that 5.9 IGN! We know you want to!