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Alien: Romulus is the new film in the franchise that fortunately managed to gain my attention. There have been several attempts over the years to make sequels and prequels to expand this universe, but none that are as good as the first two films were Alien: The Eighth enger e Aliens The Rescue. The new feature film, directed by Fede alvarez, although not better than the two mentioned, manages to be great, claustrophobic and in a way, an emulation of the first film. Check out the full review now. 2y4231
Plot 4j2g52
The new film takes place somewhere between Alien: The Eighth enger e Aliens The Rescue. Tired of the false hopes of the planet they live on, 6 young people discover a large base surrounding their planet, a base that may have the technology to take them to their dream paradise.
What they didn't expect is that this base (called Romulus) was a place for experiments and has leftovers of facehuggers, the mini aliens. In the midst of exploring the place, everything can turn into a great tragedy.
Given its limits, the new film sticks closely to the premise of the first one from 1979. The climate, tension and even the locations are very similar and that is a huge positive point for it. Even the cast works in a similar way, but at no point did I feel like it was just a generic copy or anything like that. The film has a lot of originality and all of this is due to the director Fede alvarez.
The film manages to place each of the characters well in the story without having to use flashbacks or other similar resources. We have enough in the plot to know their motivations and that's it, especially because the focus of the film is not to explore the deep drama of each of them. Despite this, we have some very beautiful scenes, like that of Rain seeing the Sun for the first time and that giving her hope.
Direction 1e5g1f
Fede alvarez is the director behind Don't Breathe (The Man in Darkness), an excellent suspense film, as well as the remake of Evil Dead (The Death of the Demon), 2013. Here in Romulus aliens, the director had 100% freedom to work the way he wanted and he chose the best possible path, in my opinion.
The director said in an interview that one of the things he loves about the first film is that the protagonist is built throughout the film. In other words, any of the crew can be targeted. Nowadays we know that Ellen Ripley (Sigourney River) is the protagonist of the franchise, but this only happened in the golden era in the first film. The director said he wanted to replicate this in Romulus, which helps a lot to create a scenario of despair and fear, or with characters on screen.
Instead of expanding the franchise to new horizons, Alvarez decided to go back to basics, but with his own twist. Dark and claustrophobic locations, very well directed moments of tension that make the viewer also feel very tense and a wonderful quality of special effects.
The director sought out the team from the first film to make all the disgusting stuff involving the Xenomorph and its variations in a practical way. Yes, we have digital special effects too, but he made sure to use as much real scenery as possible for everything in the film, making the experience more interesting for both the cast and us as viewers. Check out this video that shows some behind the scenes:
I've already said a few times that the film seems to emulate in a good way the Alien of 79, but Alvarez manages to be quite creative in the scenes, mixing not only scenes of fear and tension, but also great action scenes and even bizarre things bordering on the ridiculous, without fear of it looking ridiculous, as a good horror film should be.
We have the use of gravity, firearms, jokes and several other narrative elements that, in the director's hands, become possible weapons or just a turn of the key to solve a problem.
I won't go into all the details here, but the scenes involving the Alien are incredible in this film. They are disgusting, scary and also serve as a pretext for the director to explore dialogues about taking action rationally or emotionally.
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Here we have 6 great characters. Rain is interpreted by Cailee Spaeny and her character is great. It's the character that makes the whole drama happen, mainly due to her relationship with Andy Le Sauce (David Jonsson) and Tyler (Archie Renaux). To complete the group, we have the pilot NAVARRO (Aileen Wu), Bjorn (Spike Fearn) and Kay (Isabela Merced).
I it I don't know any of the actors, but I liked each of them in their own way. We have the character full of traumas, the one with the spirit of a leader, the girl in danger and other clichés that work to increase tension in horror films. I want to see more of these actors in future productions and I dare say that some may even work together again because they have great chemistry.
Conclusion a5r1x
Romulus aliens It's a great suspense film with small action reliefs. The mix of a good director who is still a big fan of the franchise makes all the difference and makes everything full of life and believable, even if it's in space and with alien beings that stick to human heads. It's definitely a film I recommend, especially if you're a fan of the franchise.
When does Alien Romulus premiere? 5h2229
The film arrives tomorrow (15) in Brazilian cinemas with dubbed and subtitled copies. I watched the film at the invitation of Disney on a screen IMAX and I suggest you opt for this screen too if possible. Are you excited for the film? Tell us Comment!
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