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 (LAist)

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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Charlotte Simmons

The Treatment (Substack)

Alien: Romulus plays host to some razor sharp ideas about liberation — ideas that you won’t find in your run-of-the-mill cattle on the IP farm — that make it artistically valuable, and also pertinent to the conversation of said brighter future.

Jul 23, 2025

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Tim Miller

Cape Cod Wave Magazine

We get lots of standard shots and other bits from the Alien playbook, whether it’s crew members running for their lives through dark spaceship corridors or a baby alien emerging from a crew member’s chest like a stripper coming out of a birthday cake.

Rated: 2/4

Jul 22, 2025

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Sammie Purcell

Rough Draft Atlanta

It’s a better addition than most, using the blueprint that “Alien” put forth to deliver a strong, character-driven thrill ride that thrives on practical effects and exhilarating filmmaking.

Jul 21, 2025

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thatkidfrankie

Ending made it worth the watch

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/22/25

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Jason

very Very Good Prequel!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/20/25

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Christopher Ryan

I saw this in IMAX, and it was perhaps THE most intense and awesome movie experience I’ve had in my life.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/17/25

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Shawn V

A good Alien series flick.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/14/25

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Matthias

Slightly above average. Mild recommend.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/13/25

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Mark Anthony Leo

Excellent Alien 👽 Movie

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/12/25

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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: Brandywine Productions, Scott Free 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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