7.4
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
#Alive (2020)
#Alive (2020)
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
NetflixRating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Female Combat: Yes
Viewer Rating
7.4
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
NetflixDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film uses a zombie apocalypse as an apolitical backdrop to explore universal themes of human survival, isolation, and the need for connection, balancing individual resilience with the necessity of cooperation without promoting a specific political ideology.
This South Korean zombie thriller features an ethnically homogeneous cast, consistent with its setting, and does not engage in explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles. The narrative focuses on survival and human resilience without critiquing or negatively portraying traditional identities.
Secondary
The film features Kim Yoo-bin, who repeatedly demonstrates combat proficiency against male zombie opponents in close-quarters engagements, utilizing melee weapons and physical skill to overcome them.
The film {#Alive} does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters, relationships, or themes. Its plot centers entirely on the survival efforts of a male and female protagonist, leaving no LGBTQ+ representation to evaluate within the narrative.
The film {#Alive} is a South Korean zombie apocalypse thriller centered on survival. It does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes, nor does it engage with issues related to transgender identity. Therefore, the film has no discernible impact, positive or negative, on the portrayal of transsexual individuals.
The film features original characters created for its screenplay, without any prior canonical gender established in source material, previous installments, or real-world history. Therefore, no gender swaps occurred.
{#Alive} is an original South Korean production based on an unproduced American-French screenplay. The characters were not canonically or historically established as a different race in prior widely recognized source material before their portrayal by South Korean actors in this film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.3
7.2
Critic Ratings
8.8
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