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Alone
USA 2020
produced by Jordan Foley, Mike Macari, Jonathan Rosenthal, Henrik JP Åkesson, Ben Cornwell (executive), Martin Persson (executive), Yeardley Smith (executive), Kevin Sullivan (executive) for Mill House Motion Pictures, Paperclip Limited
directed by John Hyams
starring Jules Willcox, Marc Menchaca, Anthony Heald, Jonathan Rosenthal, Shelly Lipkin, Betty Moyer, Emily Sahler, Nico Floresca, Laura Duyn, Brenton Montgomery, Katie O'Grady (voice)
screenplay by Mattias Olsson, based on his movie Försvunnen (2011), music by Nima Fakhrara
review by Mike Haberfelner
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After the suicide of her husband (Jonathan Rosenthal), Jessica (Jules
Willcox) decides to skip town to move somewhere else to start anew - but
on the way to wherever, driving through endless forests, she's almost
lured into an accident by another driver (Marc Menchaca) ... who when they
meet again somewhere else makes it a point to come over to apologize. And
while he looks ordinary and harmless almost to a fault, Jessica figures
there's something off about the man, and tries to keep out of his hair as
quickly as possible, but he has the ability to show up everywhere she
goes. Eventually, Jessica does have an accident, caused by a slit tire,
and the man seemingly comes to her rescue, but then knocks her out, and
the next thing she knows, Jessica finds herself tied up in the man's
basement, and while the man never makes totally clear why he keeps her
there, the reason is without a doubt not pretty. But Jessica is nothing if
not handy, so before long she manages to not only free herself but also
escape, and she doesn't let an accident that damages her foot slow her
down, or even a swim through the rapids of a river that almost drowns her.
And eventually she runs into a hunter (Anthony Heald) to whom she relates
her story and who offers to protect her - but the man just really wants
her, and thus manages to kill the hunter despite being - literally -
outgunned. Jessica still isn't one to give up easily, but she's unarmed,
and her adversary knows the terrain like the back of his hand ... American
remake of the Swedish movie Försvunnen/Gone from 2011 -
which unfortunately I haven't seen yet for direct comparison -, Alone
turns out to be a very tense piece of survival horror. Now sure, this is
hardly a film that re-invents the wheel or even tries to, but when it
comes to roll violence, action and suspense into one tight movie, this
film does pretty much everything right, which is of course also supported
by two strong central performances, and a rather breathtaking scenery as
backdrop.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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