This week, the Alien franchise is celebrating its 45th anniversary by releasing Alien: Romulus. The film is a sequel to the original Alien, and takes place during the decades-long gap between that movie and James Cameron’s Aliens. The first reactions to Alien: Romulus have now arrived online; and while most of the early word is good, there are some mixed responses as well.
Borys Kit of The Hollywood Reporter called it the “summer’s best movie,” and teased a “crazy new direction.”
Variety’s Courtney Howard added that the film “subtly plays the greatest hits” of the franchise.
IGN’s Amelia Emberwing wasn’t quite as enthusiastic, and critiqued the character development and the set pieces. But she did praise the “effective scares.”
The Mary Sue’s Rachel Leishman said…