‘Alien: Romulus’ Review: Nasty Surprises Lurk In The Dark Corners Of Fede Álvarez’s Faithful But Inventively Tense Sequel
The seventh instalment in the increasingly aimless Alien franchise is better than it has any right to be, a genuinely thoughtful reimagining that pays stylish homage to the one-two punch packed by Ridley Scott and James Cameron in 1979 and 1986 but adds in some inventively nasty surprises of its own. Sigourney Weaver is nowhere in sight, and Cailee Spaeney might seem, at first glance, to be an unlikely successor, but the Priscilla star certainly earns her stripes by the end of Alien: Romulus’ tight and deceptively well-judged two-hour running time.