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User Reviews for: #Alive

Catsy
5/10  4 years ago
Completely average movie that feels way longer than it is. Joonwoo is a gamer who lives with his family and wakes up late one day finding a note that theyve gone to get groceries. As he logs onto play, he hears one of the others mention something on the tv. When he checks it, all hell breaks loose as people start eating each other downstairs and outside his apartment. Having no food, Joonwoo must now try n survive until he can either get rescued or leave the apartment.

The pacing of the movie was pretty off. Joonwoo spends almost 3 weeks at his apartment and only manages to survive after finding that someone in another apartment is alive. They communicate via phone messages across the gap between their units but they cant reach each other. I felt like Yoobins character was all over the place. She is clearly adventurous and loves camping but she's conveniently clumsy and weak when the story requires it.

I found the lack of foresight on her part a major character flaw that would not make sense based on what she has done with her apartment. Joonwoo's ineptitude and poor strength make sense. I liked the one emotional scene about his reason for living.

I didnt understand the zombie behaviour and why they would find the apartment building interesting at all if they didnt originally live there. The zombies are more so that they can become zombies while still alive, but also that dead people can become zombies too. I thought there was some interesting discourse about the virus but it wasn't explained and it's unclear whether other parts of Seoul or korea were experiencing this. In one frame we see a regular Seoul skyline with some CG explosions, however there is a lot of traffic safely going across the bridge.

The characters eventually find their way out and have to face a stupid trope character that contributes nothing to the story. I felt like this final section of the movie was a blessing because it was finally over. The music was tonally all over the place. I couldn't think of a single moment that deserved upbeat music and it shouldnt have a place in zombie films.

While I do enjoy the genre this isn't really worth it, I would skip this one.
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