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Summary
-
Alien: Romulus
earns a solid 82% initial critics score on Rotten Tomatoes, placing it third in the franchise behind
Alien
and
Aliens
. - The film, directed by Fede Álvarez, is set between
Alien
and
Aliens
, featuring scavenging space colonists facing Xenomorph horrors. - Despite not matching the scores of the first two films,
Alien: Romulus
is a return to form for the franchise in terms of its score.
The Rotten Tomatoes score for Alien: Romulus is in, with initial reviews placing the movie as the franchise’s third best film, right behind the first two ever made. The story of Alien: Romulus takes place between the events of Alien and Aliens, following space colonists who stumble across an abandoned space station. Determined to gather supplies, the group soon learns they’ve stumbled across the home of a Xenomorph living on the ship. The movie is directed by Fede Álvarez, best known for 2013’s Evil Dead and the 2016 thriller Don’t Breathe.
Now, Rotten Tomatoes has indicated positive reviews for Alien: Romulus, with a critics score of 85% based on 68 reviews as of writing. This puts the movie just behind the critics score of Alien, which is 93%, and that of Aliens, which sits at 94%. This makes it the third highest-rated movie in the franchise on the site, indicating just how much of a return to form it is, even if it’s a slightly lower score than the first two installments.
Ridley Scott’s prequel movies
Prometheus
and
Alien: Covenant
also have fresh scores on Rotten Tomatoes, holding a 73% and 65% respectively.
More to come…
Source: Rotten Tomatoes
