Movie review
August 13, 2024 · 119 min · R
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
Alien: Romulus is a 2024 sci-fi horror interquel set between the first two Alien films. A group of young space colonizers scavenges a derelict station and faces xenomorphs while trying to escape corporate-controlled mining life. The story centers on survival, corporate exploitation, and body horror, including a pregnancy subplot that continues franchise-typical gynaehorror elements. Diverse casting of the young protagonists has drawn some audience-visible DEI complaints.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Alien: Romulus.
Woke representation / casting
Diverse cast of young colonizers draws some audience-visible DEI complaints.
Woke political dialogue
No explicit modern activist dialogue.
Identity-driven story themes
No identity-driven arcs.
Western institutional / cultural critique
Standard corporate greed villainy typical of the Alien series without modern activist reframing.
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant
Production
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Fringe online DEI complaints about casting; weakly sourced and not dominant.
Creator track record context
No relevant prior work is cited.
