‘Alien: Romulus’ review: Franchise’s best sequel in years
nypost.comthe most recent “Evil Dead.”And while watching them scurry about tormenting a group of unsuspecting space travelers brings on a feeling of déjà vu, it’s the happy kind.
Well, happy and horrifying.Moviegoers would much rather be reminded of Ridley Scott and James Cameron’s respective “Alien” and “Aliens” — one of the greatest sequels ever made — than “Resurrection” or, perish the thought, “Aliens vs.
Predator: Requiem.”Álvarez’s gripping film, which is set in between the first two movies, goes back to the franchise’s basics — isolation, paranoia, survival, tactile creatures — instead of expounding upon extraterrestrial mythology that became increasingly unwieldy, confusing and, frankly, beside the point.
And unlike the duo of “AVP” flicks, “Romulus” is not the dumbest thing you have ever seen. In fact, it’s one of the long-running franchise’s better entries.The supervillain is, as ever, corporate greed.
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