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A perfectly decent space horror. Which is fine I guess, as I like this genre. But once again it doesn't do justice to the creature Giger created, and that's a big disappointment. Not that I expected to be blown away by Romulus, its marketing strategy was centered around oldskool effects and nods to the original, but Alvarez could have done a lot more. My main pet peeve is that the Xenomorph never wins. This time, he is challenged by his most devious enemy yet: a group of young kids. The Xenomorph is a secondary character in his own franchise, instead, we get human drama, corporate overlords, and evil androids. The sets look old-fashioned, the direction is tepid and the third act is misguided. I still enjoyed large bits of this, but compared to its infinite potential, Romulus is an inexcusable dud.Read all
