Alien: Romulus (20th Century, 8.16) is a bullshit horror film and a kind of Alien-saga prequel as it’s set between the events of Ridley Scott‘s Alien (1979) and James Cameron‘s Aliens (1986).
Directed and co-written by Fede Álvarez (along with Rodo Sayagues), pic stars the Thumbelina-sized Cailee Spaeny (5’1″) and the Tinkerbell-sized Isabela Merced (5’1″).
I prefer my female Alien stars to be a little taller.
A 46 year-old GenXer (Millennials didn’t begin appearing until ’81 or thereabouts), the Uruguayan-born Álvarez is a horror-genre opportunist who’s doing what he can to stay in the game. He’s apparently a journeyman in the tradition of Andy Muschietti, another South American who seemed so promising when he and Guillermo del Toro made Mama (’13). And then he made the It films, and the ball game was over.