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
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