'Alien: Romulus' is a back-to-basics movie that owes a debt to the first two films in the franchise.
The last time we saw Cailee Spaeny she played the wife of one of the most famous musicians on the planet as the title character in "Priscilla."
In the new film, the seventh instalment in the "Alien" franchise, Spaeny plays Rain Carradine, a new style Ellen Ripley, and one of a group of space scavengers fleeing their home planet, a dystopian hellhole run by a company whose ironic slogan reads, "Building a Better World.
A horror film set in space, "Alien: Romulus" is a back-to-basics movie that owes a debt to the first two films in the franchise. The first part is all atmospherics and world building, reminiscent of the creeping dread that defined the original film. From the 45-minute mark — the first Facehugger sighting — director Fede Álvarez amps up the action and the stakes, dispensing the fast-paced intensity of James Cameron's "Aliens.
Seven movies in — plus two "Alien vs. Predator" crossover flicks — nothing will ever beat the original chest-bursting scene for sheer shock and awe, but "Alien: Romulus's" aggressive Facehuggers and Xenomorph are still potent horror images.
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