Jump scares, nightmares and an overdose of déjà vu undermine this latest entry in Ridley Scott’s series
In another life, Ridley Scott might have bred spaniels. As it is, the sometime master director has brought forth sequels. Blade Runner got one; Gladiator soon will. Towering over both is Alien, the science fiction saga hatched from one deathlessly brilliant 1979 B-movie. For the latest spawn, Alien: Romulus, Scott has stepped back into the role of producer; direction comes from Fede Álvarez.
Scott’s own past two Aliens — Prometheus and Alien: Covenant — felt made for fans and, in their close attention to lore-ish detail, the maker himself. For Covenant, at least, box office was muted. The new movie is clearly designed to be faster, nastier and cheaper: a modern horror for teens and twentysomethings to see kids their own age meet a xenomorphic end. Still. It also remains an Alien, with almost half a century of name recognition and a legacy of indelible nightmare imagery.
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