Alien: Romulus has been one of those 2024 movies that, while not making a Marvel-level splash, has been pretty successful with its financial haul for more than a week now. Co-writer/director Fede Álvarez’s attention to detail is part of what’s made this new entry on the Alien movie timeline so rewarding, winning over fans and converts left and right. Part of those details were a tribute to the fan favorite video game Alien: Isolation ; which presented a firm focus on some of the action presented.
That much was confirmed by Alien: Romulus’ director of photography Galo Olivares, thanks to a recent interview he conducted with Variety . Citing the Don’t Breathe and Evil Dead director’s affection for Sega and Creative Assembly’s 2014 video game, Olivares shared this specific influence that crossed over into this cinematic bloodbath: Fede loved that, so we brought a lot of things from that because it’s amazing — the tension. At some point [in the film], you feel like you’re in a video game, this first-person feeling lost in the video game, it’s that.
Situated between Alien: Romulus and Aliens , the adventure of Alien: Isolation follows Ellen Ripley’s daughter, Amanda. While her mother is drifting through space in cryosleep, the search for her current whereabouts leads her to a space station that proves to be hell among the stars. Cue the Facehuggers, murderous androids and a nuclear reactor just waiting to be overloaded for the safety of the universe.
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