‘Alien: Romulus’ pits a group of ill-equipped twenty-somethings against lab-grown xenomorphs. The Alien franchise has endured for much longer than most people expected. When Sigourney Weaver had her last hurrah and said goodbye to the legendary Ellen Ripley in Alien: Resurrection , it was difficult to imagine the story continuing.
But it has via a series of enthralling and complex prequels created by the franchise originator, Ridley Scott . Those films opened the doors for new stories to be told as the Weyland Corporation’s ruthless search for the fountain of youth carried on long after the founder’s death. In Alien: Romulus , an unsuspecting group of young people stumble upon another of the company’s ill-fated space missions.
In the future, more than 2,000 people live on a mining planet that never experiences sunlight. Hopes of leaving for more hospitable conditions are slim, and most live and eventually die in the colony from disease or other occupational hazards. Rain ( Cailee Spaeny ) is desperate to leave with her android brother, Andy (David Jonsson), but the odds are not in her favour.
So, when Tyler (Archie Renaux) and friends (Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn and Aileen Wu) present a dangerous alternative, she is compelled to join them. Together, the small group travel to a deserted ship to retrieve the necessary equipment to complete their multi-year journey to paradise. Unfortunately, the vessel is unoccupied for a reason.
The ragtag group brings different ski.