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ALIEN: ROMULUS – Benjamin Wallfisch
Original Review by Jonathan Broxton
The seventh film in the Alien franchise that began in 1979, Alien: Romulus expands the original universe created by director Ridley Scott and writers Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett in new and interesting directions, exploring links between the original film and the recent ‘prequels’ Prometheus and Covenant. Chronologically the film takes place between Alien and Aliens and follows the adventures of a group of disaffected young adults seeking to find a way out of their soul-crushing life working at the Weyland-Yutani mining/terraforming colony Jackson’s Star on planet LV-410. They plan to steal a spacecraft and make their way to Romulus, what they believe to be a derelict research station in orbit, close to the LV-410’s belt of planetary rings. However, once they dock with the research station and begin exploring inside looking for cryo-pods, they soon realize that the dangers they faced on the planet are nothing like the ones they face here. To reveal more plot details would do a disservice to the story and how it unfolds… suffice to say, there are face huggers and alien xenomorphs involved, and much more besides. Read more…
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