Alive
2002 · Movie · 119 min · ★ 5.8 · 53% critics
After surviving a death sentence, a prisoner is offered a grim choice: face another execution or enter a secret experiment. Trapped in a harsh, controlled setting, he is pulled into a tense sci-fi ordeal involving violence, mystery, and disturbing tests.
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Details
- Original title
- ALIVE
- Years
- 2002
- Release date
- 2003-06-21
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 53/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 (53 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy moody, contained sci-fi with a slow-burn build and bursts of action, somewhere between Meatball Machine and Gantz: Perfect Answer; Not for you if you want fast pacing or a clear, tidy story.
Pros: intriguing premise; dark dystopian atmosphere; strong late action | Cons: very slow pacing; muddled story; weak payoff
Themes
- experiment
- prison cell
- based on manga
Cast & crew
Hideo Sakaki
as Tenshu Yashiro
Ryo
as Yurika Saegusa
Koyuki
as Asuka Saegusa
Shun Sugata
as Matsuda
Erika Oda
as Misako Hara
Tak Sakaguchi
as Zeros
Jun Kunimura
as Kojima
Ryushi Mizukami
as Warden 1
- KK
Keita Kimura
as Warden 2
- MA
Minoru Aoki
as Warden 3
Directed by Ryuhei Kitamura