The Alien franchise is as amorphous and adaptive as the black goo from which its nefarious creatures were birthed. Throughout the six mainline entries in the film series, each one has its own aesthetic and thematic goals, all while moderately adhering to the general structure of the first film. Aliens is Alien but MORE. Alien 3 is Alien but with David Fincher’s nihilism. Alien: Resurrection is a clusterfuck of artists Joss Whedon and Jean Pierre-Jeunet. Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, while still Ridley Scott films, still contain the director’s new-age ferocity and operatic grandstanding, and each one finds distinct approaches to controversial material. No two films provide the same experience.
Alien: Isolation doesn’t so much present a different cinematic experience as much as it delivers the experience of the definitive Alien game.
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