A well-made rehash of familiar sci-fi themes

A major plot point in Alien: Romulus is how a hyperintelligent, purpose-driven android chooses the survivability of the human race over what it means to be human.

- PRASHANTH VALLAVAN

The android, therefore creates a hybrid organism by combining the DNA of humans and the alien xenomorph and calls it the next and necessary step in evolution. The film itself seems to derive from this same philosophy. The survivability of the franchise is chosen over what the franchise stood for: To breathe new and original ideas into the world of science fiction. Ridley Scott's Alien defined the sci-fi genre in many ways, through its exploration of cosmic horror, existentialism, ethical dilemmas surrounding AI, and more. Romulus is an echo of all these tried-and-tested thematic discussions. However, the film does it diligently and with an earnest respect for the genre that you almost forgive its shortcomings.