Alien: Romulus

The newest Alien movie, Alien: Romulus, is now in theaters. Directed by Fede Alvarez and starring Cailee Spaeny, Romulus takes place about 20 years after the events of Alien and 37 years before the events of Aliens. The film follows Rain (Spaeny) and her AI Andy as they join a group of young colonists who quickly find that they are not alone when they step aboard a derelict space station. 

The worst part about this movie is its ending. Up until the final act of the film, this is a great sci-fi horror that lives up to the past films in the franchise. Alvarez did a great job of honoring the prior films while also making this his own and Spaeny delivered yet another brilliant performance. David Jonsson stole the show, however, with his performance of Andy. He did such a great job that I would have believed it if someone told me that he is actually not a real person in real life and actually is an AI. The way the film was shot really added to the horror and suspense which made it so enjoyable, and this is a true testament to the talent of both Alvarez and director of photography Galo Olivares. I have to say that I hated the ending of the film and it came close to ruining the whole movie for me. Fortunately, the first 3 quarters of the film were so good that I overall still really like this film, but I thought that the twist at the end was just stupid.

This movie is a ton of fun and despite the ending I thought it was overall very good. As expected, the film is extremely graphic and does have some frightening scenes. In my opinion, this only made the movie better. This is the type of movie that is way better in theaters and I hope you get to go out and see it before it leaves.