Predator
1987USA★ 7.64.5 pt match
Both films sit with feeling powerless. The feel is the same: tense, escalating, and slow build to explosion.
#Alive
#살아있다
2020South KoreaLanguage: koDirected by Cho Il★ 7.2
Available in English: subtitled
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.
Themes and style
Tone
tensebleakhaunting
Pacing
escalatingslow burnslow build to explosion
Story
survivalescapesiege
Emotion
feeling powerlesslongingthe family you choosegrief
Themes
old ways vs. new worldfamily wounds passed down
Feel
exhaustingcatharticcrowd pleasergut punch
Violence
graphicWhere to watch
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