Alien: Romulus
Movie, 2024, Ripley, Set in 2142
Alien: Romulus is #9 of 10 in release order and #5 of 10 in chronological order in the Alien.
The story
While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.
Alien: Romulus recap
In 2142, young colonists are trapped working in the mines of a sunless planet. Rain Carradine and her adoptive brother Andy, a malfunctioning synthetic her father reprogrammed, join her ex Tyler, his pregnant sister Kay, Bjorn and Navarro on a plan to steal cryo pods from a derelict station orbiting overhead and fly to a better world. The station, Romulus and Remus, is a Weyland-Yutani lab that recovered the creature Ripley blew out of the Nostromo. Opening a door releases facehuggers; Navarro is infected and dies, and Bjorn is killed. Andy is upgraded with the station's chip, which makes him put the company first. The damaged synthetic Rook, a copy of Ash, explains the company was making a compound from xenomorph DNA to improve humans, and Kay injects it.
Alien: Romulus ending explained
Tyler dies and Kay gives birth to a fast-growing hybrid called the Offspring, which kills her. Rain restores Andy's old programming, and they escape as the station crashes into the planet's rings. The Offspring follows them; Rain blows it into space and the gravity carries it into the rings. Rain and Andy go into cryo sleep and set course for Yvaga.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch Alien: Romulus
Alien: Romulus is streaming on Hulu, fuboTV, and FXNow in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 7.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 80%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Alien: Covenant, before Alien: Earth.
- Chronological order: after Alien, before Aliens.
What to watch before Alien: Romulus
In release order, the essentials before Alien: Romulus (2024) are Alien (1979), Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992), Alien Resurrection (1997), Prometheus (2012), and Alien: Covenant (2017).
Cast
- Cailee Spaeny as Rain
- David Jonsson as Andy
- Archie Renaux as Tyler
- Isabela Merced as Kay
- Spike Fearn as Bjorn
- Aileen Wu as Navarro
- Rosie Ede as WY Officer
- Soma Simon as 10-Year-Old Punk #1
- Bence Okeke as 10-Year-Old Punk #2
- Viktor Orizu as 10-Year-Old Punk #3
- Robert Bobroczkyi as Offspring
- Trevor Newlin as Xenomorph
Directed by Fede Álvarez.