The First Reactions to Alien: Romulus Are In

The archetypal reactions to Fede Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus are in, and the statement seems to be: “blechh!”

Whether that’s a bully happening oregon not is wholly up to your presumption connected slime and gore, but the oversea of societal reactions to the movie emerging contiguous see immoderate absorbing insights. Everyone seems to adore Romulus‘ applicable effects, and praise for actors Cailee Spaeny and David Jonsson appears mostly unanimous. But immoderate criticisms suggest the movie is excessively referential to erstwhile entries successful the franchise, and you’re either going to emotion oregon hatred its last act. Let’s dive in, starting with io9’s ain Germain Lussier:

#AlienRomulus is simply a bonkers roller coaster thrust done the erstwhile six Alien movies, utilizing bits of each them, to archer a focused, mostly standalone communicative filled with glorious gore & scares. It gets amended arsenic it goes along, ending with a phenomenal large plaything of a 3rd act. pic.twitter.com/mY8Hkbe0gD

— Germain Lussier (@GermainLussier) August 13, 2024

#AlienRomulus is the archetypal clip I person been terrified during 1 of the Alien movies. Cailee Spaeny's Rain is simply a cleanable quality to travel connected this travel and done Fede Álvarez's twists and turns, you ne'er truly cognize wherever Romulus is headed. The 3rd enactment is genuinely WILD. I dig… pic.twitter.com/vEaiz5966B

— Rachel Leishman (@RachelLeishman) August 13, 2024

HOLY MOTHER OF XENOMORPHS #AlienRomulus ABSOLUTELY FUCKS!! yall bash NOTTT understand!!@fedalvar convey you truthful overmuch sir for the emotion and attraction that went into this movie arsenic it is simply a masterclass successful continuing an iconic franchise!!

THAT ENDING!!

RIDLEY WILL BE BEYOND PLEASED!!! pic.twitter.com/8IB9ffhLzc

— PCP (@rotator_) August 12, 2024

#AlienRomulus is Don't Breathe successful space. A nasty amalgamation of Scott's prequels & the archetypal two. Fights similar hellhole to find an individuality of its own. Sometimes it does (& it's sick & twisted), others it doesn't, but Fede's tactile sets gives america the grittiest, filthiest introduction yet! pic.twitter.com/1NddrwWVtA

— Griffin Schiller (@griffschiller) August 13, 2024

Aliens is scary again! #AlienRomulus plays each the top hits, homaging the full bid earlier embarking connected 1 of the astir gobsmacking last acts I’ve seen successful a while. The anti-corporate fangs person ne'er been sharper & David Jonsson is the (milk) beating bosom of the film. pic.twitter.com/t2X7ASVHEk

— Rachel Shatto (@RachiePants) August 13, 2024

#AlienRomulus is simply a coagulated action-packed franchise installment. Fede Álvarez nails the atmosphere. Some mediocre leap scares, unearned bid callbacks, & an iffy last act, but there’s a batch to bask present different with its thrilling acceptable pieces. David Jonsson is an implicit standout. pic.twitter.com/s6RR0lxb96

— Jeff Nelson (@SirJeffNelson) August 13, 2024

So blessed to study @fedalvar’s #AlienRomulus is fantastic. The 2 hr runtime flies by and some Cailee Spaeny and David Jonsson are truthful good. Loved the usage of applicable effects. You don’t person to person seen immoderate of the different Alien movies to ticker this. But it would help. pic.twitter.com/eo2EZxTNnj

— Steven Weintraub (@colliderfrosty) August 13, 2024

#AlienRomulus is disgusting. It starts dilatory and rockets into confusing. I didn’t find the characters memorable, but it makes up for that with the astir grotesque scenes and carnal design. It ups the ante each enactment and, erstwhile you deliberation it’s over, deliberation again. I get wherefore its rated R. pic.twitter.com/8lwLW2fpF3

— Kristen Maldonado (@kaymaldo) August 13, 2024

ALIEN: ROMULUS isn't trying to reinvent the wheel. Rather, Fede Álvarez puts his fucked up rotation connected a classical fearfulness communicative with immoderate genuinely marvelous ocular storytelling. It's excessively nostalgic astatine times, but Fede has proved his worthy for a trilogy.

Review coming to @DiscussingFilm pic.twitter.com/R1dGTgvhmy

— Andrew J. Salazar (@AndrewJ626) August 13, 2024

ALIEN: ROMULUS is mostly a gratuitous nostalgia play, remixing what came earlier with immoderate occasionally beardown thrills, but successful a franchise celebrated for its psychosexual weirdness, it's the safest, blandest and astir vapid the bid has ever been. I did not emotion it pic.twitter.com/n3RtpYvXgJ

— an particularly unsafe dug called Brendan (@metaplexmovies) August 13, 2024

Alien Romulus is simply a funny one. Effective scares, but each acceptable portion feels similar a video crippled level, taxable parkland thrust intro, oregon fearfulness nights maze. Character enactment didn’t deed maine astatine each either, and I’m an casual mark.

It’s not for me. pic.twitter.com/kRayfGuoR4

— Amelia Emberwing 🔪💋 (@ThatWitchMia) August 13, 2024

We tin each determine for ourselves erstwhile Alien: Romulus hits theaters this Friday, August 16.

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