Alien: Romulus, Fede Álvarez’s addition to the iconic franchise, starts as lean, atmospheric thriller, but, like a face-hugger proboscis down the oesophagus, is forcibly impregnated with clumsy fan service.
Rain (Cailee Spaeny, effective but largely wasted in a straightforward heroine role), our new Ripley, is desperate to escape from the grimy, tenebrous mining colony of Jackson’s Star.…