Alien: Romulus review: A generic horror/sci-fi thriller

(**1/2) “This place gives me the creeps!”& When a band of twentysomething scavengers sets their sights on an abandoned space station, little do they know that their search for treasure would lead to the reawakening of alien beings. A creepy feeling is an understatement. They’re gonna be ravaged and destroyed! In the 22nd century, life on the dark, sunless Jackson Star Mining Colony is hard. Miners are worked to death and promised freedom. But instead, they’re bound. Like indentured slaves. Rain (Cailee Spaeny, Civil War) worked her extra hours and was ready to escape with her friend Andy (David Jonsson, Rye Lane), an android whose technical name is ND-255. Travel permit denied. Trip gone. So, when her ex-lover Tyler (Archie Renaux, Morbius) reaches out to her with some crazy scheme involving blasting off in a hijacked spaceship, searching for resources and possibly a getaway, she’s game.& Isabela Merced in “Alien: Romulus.” Rain, Tyler and his crew are ready for action. There’s the menacing rambunctious sidekick Bjorn (Spike Fearn, Aftersun), loving sister Kay (Isabela Merced, Father of the Bride) and the feisty pilot Navarro (Aileen Wu). They board a vessel, head to outer space and hook up with a ghosted space...