#Alive (2020)

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Release Date: Jun 24, 2020
Rated: R | Runtime: 98 Mins | Language: Korean
Director: Il Cho
Stars: Yoo Ah-in, Park Shin-hye, Lee Hyun-wook, Jeon Bae-soo, Oh Hye-won, Jeon Woon-jong, So Hee-jung, Kim Hak-sun, Joo Bo-bi, Lee Chae-kyung

Summary

As a grisly virus rampages a city, a lone man stays locked inside his apartment, digitally cut off from seeking help and desperate to find a way out.

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What to Expect

If you’re a zombie fan who’s been hungry lately for new material, then 2020’s #Alive should probably be somewhere on your watchlist. It’s South Korea’s latest take on the classic zombie apocalypse idea, and it’s now available to stream on Netflix as of September 8th. #Alive is directed by Cho Il-Hyung and is based on Matt Naylor’s 2019 script, Alone.

If there’s a horror movie that’s an ideal streaming choice for 2020 as it’s been playing out so far, #Alive is a pretty good candidate. If nothing else, it’s a reminder that grueling COVID lockdowns are a walk in the park compared to what protagonist, Joon-woo (Yoo Ah-in) is going through. He’s a millennial gamer who’s just woken up to find that the world as he knows it is gone, replaced by a zombie-filled world gone crazy.

So should you pull the trigger on this one and check it out, or are you better off streaming one of the many other new releases out now? Let’s just say that #Alive is the number one movie on Netflix currently for an excellent reason – it’s a good watch with solid performances, one that’s all the scarier because of its correlation to global current events.

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Movie Review: #Alive (2020) Review

Critic Reviews:

#Alive, in its third act, even has time for moments of unexpected gravitas. While you were absorbed by Joon-woo and Yoo-bin’s drama, the movie suggests, equally moving stories were unfolding inside other apartments.

– Hindustan Times

I would probably still say that Train to Busan is a better zombie movie, but not by much. And #Alive is definitely better than the Train to Busan sequel Peninsula (2020) since the storyline overall is much stronger.

– Heaven of Horror

#Alive is abundantly a typical zombie story but its relatability allows viewers to suspend belief.

– RSC!