The ship in this masterful (Nostromo) is named after Conrad's 1904 masterful novel

Rating: 10/10 (24 October 2019)

The seven passengers of the Nostromo spaceship are awakened from their long sleep by the artificial intelligence, soon discovering that the cause is an unknown signal coming from a planetoid in the region. Forced to temporarily suspend the mission in order to check what the signal was about, the crew uncovers the terrible truth behind this detour. An unseen alien, dangerous and utterly hostile, completely shifts the goal from a peaceful return mission to Earth to a struggle for survival against something whose behavior cannot be predicted, which has no known vulnerabilities and no intention to stop.
This movie does not rely on cheap shock tactics, since even suggesting a great deal of violence, most deaths are not even shown.
It also has a social edge. Earlier in the story, workers argued about working conditions, wages and bonuses, like Newcastle miners in ancient union meetings. They have a sense of the greed of the company they work for. They barely believe the true priority of the mission.
But the point in Alien is not a social message, it's rather taking us away from our reality and transporting us to another world-not our own.
Despite uncountable imitating sequels and the like , Alien has lost none of its power. One of its side purposes is to explore the inner workings of the mind and share it with the spectator. I'm sure there is nothing inherently wrong with escapist entertainment.