Review of Alive

Alive (1993)
7/10
Not as good as it could be but well worth a watch
12 January 2010
Warning: Spoilers
This real life story of human spirit is so amazing I don't think any film made about it could ever be that bad. That said it does have a 'tv film' feel about it and in parts the dialogue and acting seems quite cheesy and cringing! I don't think their suffering was portrayed as terrible as it would have been or what a total desperation and last resort the cannibalism was. Apparently in real life they were so desperate before they got to that point that they tried eating the leather and looking for straw in the chairs. This wasn't shown in the film. They all run outside cheering when they are rescued, not looking as ill as they actually were at that stage in real life.

I would love this film to be remade now- I think it would be brilliant and a huge blockbuster with the special effects for the plane crash, avalanches, etc.

It is still as I said an amazing story so well worth seeing.
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