A recently widowed traveler is kidnapped by a cold blooded killer, only to escape into the wilderness where she is forced to battle against the elements as her pursuer closes in on her.
Alone takes a very simple premise and manages to make the execution actually very thrilling, I was a bit worried this would be more on the generic side. But thanks to some surprisingly strong acting from Jules Willcox and Marc Menchaca and some very natural writing the movie really works. I was especially surprised by the writing, in a lot of these movies the writing tends to go over the top, while it is not perfect at times it does manage to be more grounded than a lot of other thrillers. I feel like what works really well for this movie is the atmosphere combined with the setting, it gives off this suspense feel the movie is going for and it has you at the edge of your seat. As I said before the performances from the two main leads are quite great, they both have this natural feel to their roles. Sure sometimes it feels a little overdone but for the most part they are very grounded, overall there really isn’t much else to say! Alone is a strong thriller that works on many levels, sure it may not bring anything new to the genre but at least it accomplishes what it’s set out to do.
8/10 B+
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