GamesRadar+ Verdict
Alvarezs busy little creature is brash yet naggingly over-burdened.
Come for the shocks, suspense and Spaeny/Jonsson; mind the franchise mytho-stodge.
Post-Deadpool and Wolverine, meet xenomorph Jesus.
Onboard, however, terrible truths about the ships salvage work and science experiments emerge.
With plunging probosces and lashing tails…
Soon, our runaways are running and screaming to order.
Less successfully, theyre also hellbent on quoting Alien films, to increasingly corny effect.
The plot sometimes seems sculpted around such homages, rendering the pacing choppy.
The climax also proves uncertain, stumbling more than it strikes as it echoes an ill-remembered Alien film.
Alvarezs freaky vision improves on the aforementioned episode, true, but the umbilical connection is unmistakable and over-familiar.
Alien: Romulus is released in US theaters and UK cinemas on August 16.
