Thursday, December 30, 2021

#Alive (2020)


Joon-woo is the only one in his families apartment when a zombie outbreak happens. His mother left some money for him to pick up groceries, but Joon-woo neglected to do so. He is left rationing the little food in the house because news reports aren’t sure how long before people will be rescued.

When the water stops working and food is almost gone, he resorts to sneaking down the hallway and into others apartments to find sustenance.  After not seeing another human in days and losing hope, he is ready to take his own life when a woman in an apartment across the street manages to signal to him.

The two strike up a friendship, and manage to get food across the street via a line, or use a drone to drop off a walkie-talkie.  When a zombie almost makes it into Kims apartment, they start wondering if they should move to a safer place.  

Kim notices the eighth floor seems to be the only one without zombies. They start planning how they can both make it there, but that will involve Kim crossing the street and Joon-woo coming out of his apartment, which has hordes of zombies roaming the halls.

This is a decent zombie flick. The two main characters are likable and there is tension as to whether they will survive, or if the zombies will get into their apartments, or what might be waiting on the eighth floor. Is it really zombie free as they think it is?


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