#ALIVE

Year: 2020
Viewed: Netfix

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt10620868/

Description- The zombie apocalypse has arrived in South Korea overnight and an internet savvy young man is surviving the best he can when left home alone.

Viewing- third time

Good for- a modern apocalypse look, some funny moments, when you have some patience to get through the slow bits- it pays off with character building.

Fair warning- Our Netflix version is dubbed into English, which is fine for us, but dome might prefee otherwise.

Thoughts-
The first time we watched this, I did not expect to enjoy it. I'm not a fan of most films with extremely limited locations. I'm also not typically a zombie fanatic.

I really liked this movie. The main character, Jun-u is endearing. His interactions with his surroundings feels normal. The zombies are great. The initial close up turn is one of my favorites ever.

I can't help comparing this to Train to Busan, another South Korean zombie film that was an international success and set a new standard for the modern zombie. This zombie style very much speaks to that (although I don't think I ever cried watching #Alive, but I did the ugly cry watching Train to Busan).

What you cannot compare this to is the 💩 "remake" (referenced in places as based on the same script) Alone 2020. We tried to watch that today. After the first 5 minutes, we put #Alive on. They took the story and started out with a dude with painted on tats in bed with a girl that looked like she rolled out of a Maroon 5 video, and showed us his butt. Once the child was shown, we knew it was going to lack the things we loved about #Alive.

I try to keep it positive, and I'm sure Alone has it's audience, but since I chose not to watch it, I can't speak to it.