Just-A-Girl-14 Review of Alone

Alone (V) (2020)

I love survival movies but this one is just not good

[6/10 · 13 August 2021]

Yes, it's been done before but frankly I don't care. I can watch this story a million times just as long as it's good. This one is not good and here is why. First, the beginning of the movie is kinda boring. There's a woman, she's driving somewhere with her belongings. We get there's a backstory but we don't know what it is. Second, she meets this weird guy over and over again. It doesn't seem he is following her so how do they meet again and again? We don't know. Who is he? What's his problem? Where is he from? No clue. We get it, he's the bad guy. She gets a weird vibe from him too but does she write the license plate number? No. Does she tell anyone about him? No. Does she stay on less remote roads? No. Does she call 911? Eventually yes, but only when she's panicking (with no reason) and doesn't know where she's at (and obviously there's a bad signal). Then she is kidnapped by the guy. This is the point in which we need to really care about her, but why would we? We know nothing about her and she doesn't seem to be very smart considering she's clearly stalked by the weirdo. Then she escapes. I loved what she did with the key and I loved that she jumped in the river. This is the part we need to see some survival skills or at least good instincts but somehow the only one with good instincts is the guy cause he keeps finding her over and over and over again. Is it a forest or a garden? If she was on foot and he was a good tracker maybe, but once she jumped in the river, it should have been it. The Robert character was an interesting addition cause so far there are no other characters and honestly these two can't carry the movie all by themselves. Unfortunately, despite having a gun, he gets himself killed almost immediately. Why was the road even blocked? Are we supposed to believe this guy had time to plan this and cut down a tree? Please! No way. Bad luck maybe? Who knows. Then she does the dumbest thing ever. She gets into the guy's car. Seriously? Who would do that? Then she overpowers him and gets the knife but does she stick it in his neck? No. She gets him in the arm. The car flips over, both survive because... well, why not. Then she gets the phone and calls this guys wife! Not the police, not her parents. Nooo! She calls some woman she knows nothing about. See a motif here? Let me give you a hint: dumb, dumb, dumb! It's hard to care for someone that stupid but whatever. The movie is over anyways after the most ridiculous fight ever considering she got shot, he got stabbed and both were in a car accident. The fight and a lot of the movie was well shot but the script sucks! Watchable? Yes. Good? NO!