Alien: Romulus

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Alien: Romulus

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Released Aug 16, 2024

1h 59m

Sci-Fi

Horror

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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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Critics Consensus

Honoring its nightmarish predecessors while chestbursting at the seams with new frights of its own, Romulus injects some fresh acid blood into one of cinema's great horror franchises.

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Audience Says

Resurrecting a franchise with equal servings of fan service and originality, Alien: Romulus keenly delivers Xenomorph blood and thrills.

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Christy Lemire

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

I thought this was awesome... Yes, it plays the hits, but in a slightly different key. It's different enough for me to have had fun.

Sep 16, 2024

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Philip De Semlyen

Time Out

Every possible ingredient has surely been used, every angle exhausted. Major props, then, to Fede Álvarez for cooking up something fresh in this furiously exciting, gnarly seventh entry. He’s even found the eggs, too.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 11, 2024

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Stephen Kearse

The New Republic

You can see the gears turning in every scene, and feel the film dutifully avoiding, well, alienation, the unknown, the discomfiting.

Aug 30, 2024

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Jared Mobarak

Hey, Have You Seen ...?

We care so much about [Spaeny and Jonsson] that we almost forget the obvious threads to this film’s predecessors that won’t stop popping up. Stop strangling good ideas to expand your IP with the constraints of needless IP familiarity.

Rated: 7/10

Jan 31, 2025

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Ethan Sills

New Zealand Herald

Spaeny as Rain and [David] Jonsson as Andy are the two clear standouts in this movie... the two are given the most fleshed-out characters, and they have great chemistry together as Andy changes during the movie.

Jan 27, 2025

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John Rocha

The Outlaw Nation (Youtube)

Fede Alvarez revives the franchise in this taut, moody, and terrifying thriller with standout work from Cailee Spaeney and David Jonsson. Alvarez evokes the best (and most insane) parts of the Alien movies while carving out his own corner of the universe.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 23, 2025

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CookieMan

Beautifully shot, appropriately tense and thrilling, and the actors were all good, if a bit forgettable. Relied a bit to much on nostalgia though, with the call back the original.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/19/25

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Mike

An amazing addition to the Alien universe. Excellent performances from the entire cast. One of my favorite movies of the year.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/19/25

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Edwin

surprisingly entertaining, creepy and thoughtful

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/15/25

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Jeremy

I really enjoyed this! this is my 2nd favorite out of the franchise!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/19/25

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Meccassault

If you're a diehard fan of the Alien franchise, you'll probably love it just because it does bring back vibes of the first two films. If you're not biased to that but a fan, like me, you'll probably have a similar view as I. The film has its characters that are dumb and annoying and make dumb decisions. The Xeno barely does anything as per usual. The main threats are actually the face huggers. it's basically the same thing we've seen every Alien film. The fact that (spoiler alert) a young girl who's inexperienced at fighting the Xeno somehow manages to easily wipe out most of them with a gun shes never used with auto aiming. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/10/25

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Ryan

Bad casting, bad story, bad pacing.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/05/25

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Synopsis

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.

Director: Fede Alvarez
Producer: Ridley Scott, Michael A. Pruss, Walter Hill
Screenwriter: Fede Alvarez, Rodo Sayagues Mendez
Distributor: 20th Century Studios
Production Co: Scott Free Productions, Brandywine Productions
Rating: R (Language|Bloody Violent Content)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 16, 2024, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 15, 2024
Box Office (Gross USA): $105.3M
Runtime: 1h 59m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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