Alien: Earth (2025) Reviews & Ratings

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Alien: Earth reviews

Alien: Earth holds a 7.3/10 average from 1,154 TMDB ratings.

Why did the original "Alien" and follow up "Aliens", films work? The back story was far fetched certainly but it had a grittiness, a sense of realism, that denied disbelief. The characters were the sort of rough hewen, mature, resourceful people, you'd expect to find on a space freighter or in the military. It made sense. Now imagine mostly soft faced types, who feel like they belong teaching tutorials on a universi…
— MovieGuys (4/10)

Two episodes in and it's ok at best. Good premise, but there's a real lack of tension and stakes. The main characters have plot armor: the xeno will tear apart a room of people in seconds but all the main characters get harmlessly thrown around or not attacked when there's a xeno around. The possibility of the xeno leaving the ship wreckage, being loose on Earth and multiplying is not even discussed and is not a sou…
— ludakrisb86 (5/10)

Alien Earth is a bold and thrilling entry into the Alien universe, and for me, it feels like the franchise finally has fresh life. What makes this series stand apart are the incredible new creatures, not just variations of the familiar xenomorph, but entirely new designs that expand the mythology in ways that feel both terrifying and imaginative. Episode 5 deserves special mention. It plays like a self contained fea…
— Thejosh (10/10)

When the mysterious deep space research vessel USCSS Maginot crash-lands on Earth, Wendy and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet's greatest threat.

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