Action, Horror, Science Fiction  •  2020  •  98 min  •  Adults (18+)

#Alive (2020)

#Alive poster

#Alive (2020)


Rating & 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

Yoo Ah-in  •   Park Shin-hye  •   Jeon Bae-soo


Where to watch

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Center

Primary

Political: Center
Confidence: High

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.

Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: Medium

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

Female Combat: Yes
Confidence: Medium

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.

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High

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.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

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.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High

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.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: High

{#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

7.4

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
6.3
The Movie Database logo
7.2

Critic Ratings

Rotten Tomatoes logo
8.8
Metacritic logo
N/A

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