In many ways,Alien: Romulusmarks a return to what originally made the franchise so successful.

The movie also incorporates all the elements required of a classicAlienfilm, with nods toevery installment fromAlientoCovenant.

But althoughRomulusis undoubtedly steeped in franchise tradition, it also has other more subtle influences.

Cailee Spaeny looking quizzical in Alien Romulus next to a shark

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As the story progressed, I found its surprising similarities with one 25-year-old shark movie impossible to ignore.

The connection betweenAlien: RomulusandDeep Blue Seamay only be tangential.

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