Review by justinwfirestone

Alien: Romulus is supposedly a bridge between the original Alien and the original Aliens. What is most amazing, perhaps, is that the Weyland-Yutani Corporation never seems or wants to learn from past (or future) mistakes. If you pursue the ultimate weapon, and the ultimate weapon is an extremely violent (and disgusting) alien which can evolve and adapt so rapidly that there is basically no chance at all that you could ever control it, the best option is to get one or two sample aliens and perform highly dubious experiments on them through a series of breeding attempts, hoping you can convince some androids to help because aliens do not lay their eggs inside androids.

There sure is a lot of messing around in space in Alien: Romulus. The story begins with people laboring hard on a mining colony, but they are not allowed to leave. It just so happens that these people also live in a spaceship, and before you know it, they leave. Then they dock on some space station that is really poorly positioned but that's just a plot crutch so no need to dwell on that. Then they get some pods and energy things but they also, and I do not think this is a spoiler at all, they wake up some of those really violent aliens who love to put (their) things in (your) mouths.

Despite a runtime of 1:59, it sure felt every minute of well over two hours. Because the movie is so dark, you might find time for a snooze during those scenes without chest explosions.