I’ll just start by saying that I really enjoyed Alien Romulus.

After the atrocity that was Disney’s How to train your alien (Alien Earth) I have been in need of a good Alien fix.

This started with me finally playing through Alien Isolation and absolutely loving it.

I then thought I’d give Romulus a chance, on the advice of a friend. And I’m so glad I did.

What I thought worked really well

The general vibes of the film. It felt somewhere between the first and second Alien films. And that sat great with me.

The storyline is nice and simple.

The Alien itself was actually scary again. None of that running around in bright daylight rubbish.

Some nods to previous films were okay (more on this shortly).

The face-hugger scenes were incredible. Instead of being a means to get the Alien born, they actually featured in two of my favourite scenes in the film. Creepy AF.

And the ending, although I was warned that it was a bit iffy, I actually didn’t mind. Gory as hell and went to a place I didn’t think it would.

What made me cringe

The CGI Ian Holm. This was not needed in the slightest. Pure uncanny valley that just didn’t need to be.

All the bloody fan service. Whilst a couple of scenes that seemed to nod back to previous films were ok, most were just pure cheese.

The re-saying of certain iconic lines were just out of place. They sounded like a film student had won a competition to write some lines of dialogue for the film.

We don’t need fan service dialogue.

The film would have been a strong 8 out of 10, if it weren’t for those bits. I think it sits at about 6.5 for me after all is said and done.