Monday, April 5, 2021

Movie review: Alone (2020)


 When a zombie virus outbreak hits, surfer Aidan barricades himself inside his apartment, eventually leaving to find food. When he does, he finds Screamers infecting his complex, but he also finds something unexpected; another uninfected person living in a nearby apartment.

Tyler Posey (Aidan), Summer Spiro (Eva), Donald Sutherland (Edward), Robert Ri'chard (Brandon), John Posey (Aidan's Dad), Brooke Swallow (Jessica), Josh Harp (Tall Screamer), Eric Etebari (Jack).

Alone begins with Aidan slowly figuring out something has happened in the world. Once he is finally aware he quickly shifts to emergency mode and begins doomsday prepping to try and survive. Eventually feeling he is alone and all may be lost, Eva suddenly appears in a nearby apartment and Aidan's hope is restored as he envisions a future with only him and the pretty neighbor girl. The remainder of the movie is the usual humans vs. zombies fodder with Posey finally getting to take his shirt off near the end to try and impress Summer.

Acting was a bit disappointing from Posey. He never felt like he fit the film and his chemistry with Spiro definitely felt off in addition to emotion not fitting scenes. Spiro was mildly better with decent delivery. Sutherland was okay but felt underused. The remainder of the supporting cast was okay.

Camera work, sets, and backgrounds are fairly solid, though there were some pretty awful edits. Effects and action are mild and appear to rely mainly on filming techniques. Dialogue was a bit dry, lifeless, and could have added significantly more to the film. Sound and soundtrack are mediocre.

Overall Alone (a copy of the Korean film Alive) is a lower energy zombie flick that brings nothing new to the genre. Pace of the film is disappointing, as is acting tied to the feeling this was little more than an attempt to showcase Posey. Skip this one and check out the better quality Korean film; Alive.

With some brief partial nudity, violence, gore, foul language, and disturbing images, this should be fine for teens and above.

Released: 2020
Reviewed: 4.2.21
Star rating: 2 out of 5
Genre: Thriller, Horror, Zombie, Apocalypse

copyright ©2021 Dave Riedel

Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Mine mine mine!!!!

Blog disclaimer and copyright information. . .

-I hope to make this blog revenue generating in the future and as such any posts found here may be paid posts. If you want to pay me to post for you, let me know!
-Content may change over time resulting in inaccuracies. I also make mistakes, some will be here.
-I have no control over what is at the other end of any links you may find here.
-Film pictures, dvd covers, film banners or whatever you like to call them are copied here from widely available public locations. I did not create them nor do I own them.
-Any files, programs or downloadables are provided only for convenience and fun. I in no way warrant, represent, or otherwise imply they won’t cause you problems. Use at your own risk! If your computer blows up I don’t want to even hear about it.
-Reviews posted here are my opinion and meant as informational for prospective viewers and are not meant to malign, defame, or otherwise harm anyone or anything. They also are not meant as advice or counsel , not necessarily factual or absolute, and the author will not be held responsible for the results of their use.
-Comments are NOT the opinion of this author, nor is he responsible or liable for the comments or their results. I will try to moderate them in a reasonable (to me) manner.
-Translation of any portion of this blog may result in other than desirable language for which the author is not responsible. Furthermore, I’m not an English major so there will be bad grammar and punctuation found here. There may also be language that is intentionally objectionable to support my opinions. Tough.
-Copyright: All reviews and opinions expressed here by the author are owned by the author. Please enjoy reposting and/or linking, I ask only that you give proper credit and inform me you have used my content for your own pleasure and devious purposes.
-Legal limit on damages: .02 cents, U.S. (Yes, I will give you my 2 cents worth if you abuse me in court).