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#Alive (2020)

★★★½ — #Alive (2020)

#Alive arrived in South Korean cinemas in June 2020, making it one of the first major productions to release theatrically during the COVID-19 pandemic, a timing that gave its premise of total urban isolation an uncomfortable resonance with real life. Director Cho Il-hyung (credited simply as Cho Il) adapted the screenplay from a script by Matt Naylor, who had written an earlier, unproduced English-language version of the same story under the same title. The film was produced by Zip Cinema, the company behind a number of well-regarded Korean genre pictures, and distributed by Lotte Entertainment. It later received a wide international release through Netflix, which significantly expanded its global footprint beyond what its modest theatrical run might otherwise have achieved. Yoo Ah-in, already a prominent name in Korean cinema and television, carries the majority of the film's first half largely alone.

Arguably one of the most realistic zombie films. In a zombie apocalypse I think there would be 3 types of people. - those that fight and pillage - those that immediately oof themselves - those that just hide in their homes until they basically starve This film is about the latter. It makes the story a little slow to build but it's a super interesting take on the zombie genre. In terms of the zombies these ones were also more realistic than usual. Like it wouldn't just be a light bonk on the head to despatch of one. Even one zombie is a major threat. Overall it's a really decent zombie film but fans of the genre might not enjoy.

Rating: ★★★½ | Year: 2020 | Watched: 2025-05-17

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