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Unlike the first two films in the franchise which garner Oscar nominations including one for Best Actress for Sigourney Weaver, this is not a soon to be modern classic. However, this is one of the better installments in the franchise with platinum production values that exceed much of what you would expect from today’s horror movies. The filmmakers appeared to have learned the lessons from fans mixed reviews and dumped the pretentious and religious allegories of Ridley Scott’s Prometheus installments and have gone backed to the basics. They were incorporated much of the same production designs, musical themes, and storytelling beats. So basically, nothing new. Nothing original. Much like most of cinema. The lead actress gives a strong performance that holds the film together even though she’s given very little to work with. The script is a touch notch better than what later franchise have given us and largely relies on nostalgia from the first four Alien films with some Prometheus flourishes. Alien Romulus doesn’t reinvent the film Franchise just merely gives long time fans the greatest hits. So if nostalgia is what you’re looking for this is the film for you. If originality is what you’re looking, you’ll may be disappointed.

The movie essentially exists as an epilogue to Wandavision. It not only fails on that account but lacks any creative focus beyond throwing in random cameos and easter eggs. Only the most devout MCU fans will enjoy this bloated, unfocused and creatively messy movie. As for Wandavision fans, expect to leave incense after watching how screenwriter Michael Waldron completely erases the character development sowed by Wandavision creator, Jac Schaeffer, by turning Wanda Maximoff into a serial killer bent on killing and draining a teen dimensional traveler's power, so Wanda can skip universes, kill her doppelganger, and raise her children as her own. Wanda essentially morphs into every sexist hysterical female stereotype that Schaeffer intentionally avoided in order to provide Elizabeth Olsen material to showcase a morally gray character suffering from grief. The direction by Sam Raimi is fun and inventive but can't overcome the lack of innovation in yet another multi universe film. Critical darling "Everything Everywhere All At Once" starring Michelle Yeoh and directed by The Daniels does it better and is burning up the specialty box office. Marvel tries to slip in cameos from Twitter casted actors, crossovers from television's Inhumans and What If, and 90s era X Men animated series. It's fan service designed to hide a lack vision and creativity.

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