The Alien franchise's bloodsoaked "The Force Awakens" almost feels like a soft reboot at times. It doesn't reinvent the wheel in terms of originality but after the last two high-concept-but-flawed films (Prometheus and Alien : Covenant) perhaps we were due for an installment that actually delivered as a movie.
And Romulus is an absolute thrillride from start to finish. Alvarez adds his own wrinkles to the classic xenomorph creepies and ratchets it all up to a pace that is probably…
