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Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

Alive is an immensely horrific true story that had the potential to become an amazing film. This film is not that amazing film. It does alright, its good but could have been told in a different, and in my opinion, a much better way.The acting was a balance, it was good at times but terrible at other points, lines were delivered rather unenthusiastically or annoyingly overly dramatic by many, but there is also some good acting thrown in, most notably from Ethan Hawke who luckily becomes stronger and more involved as the film proceeds.The way in which the cannibalism issue was handled was impressive, and I would suspect was also realistic. The first time is obviously the worst, morals are questioned as the team make what is a very, very difficult choice to make that was conveyed extremely well in this film. But after the first time it becomes much easier and even casual to some characters which I would believe to be true.My problem with this film was it's tone. The story is about a group of friends and relatives whose plane crashes, killing some while the extreme weather conditions of the Andes slowly kills the others, and how the survivors had to resort to eating their loved ones to stay alive. This is a very dark, disturbing and traumatic true event and I was hoping would spawn a similarly gritty drama that I feel would have more accurately reflected the experience of the rugby team. I found this film to contain a large amount of 90's cheese and to find Disney in the credits probably explains that. The tone and story didn't go together at all, the cheesy film of a nightmarish event is the on screen equivalent of mixing oil with water in my opinion.Overall Alive is an alright film, it tells the story quite well it just has the wrong tone and feel for the most part. I would be very interested to see this film remade, as it is a tremendous event and I believe given a much darker tone, could give life to the film that I believe this true story deserves.

In 1972, the Uruguayan rugby team is flying to Chile to play a game. However, the plane from the Uruguayan Air Force with 45 persons crashes on the Andes Mountains and after the search party, they are considered dead. Two months after the crash, the sixteen survivors are finally rescued. Along the days, the starved survivors decide to eat flesh from the bodies of their comrades to survive. "Alive" is an impressive and timeless film based on a true event – the crash of a plane on the Andes in 1972. The screenplay is very well written, considering the dramatic and sensitive theme, and is respectful with the survivors. The performances are top-notch and the special effects seem to be ahead of time. The fight for survival of this group is amazing and shows what the man is capable to do in extreme situations. My vote is eight.Title (Brazil): "Vivos" ("Alive")

Awesome is the word.You could feel what those survivors would have gone through when all of this happened to them.I read few reviews from critics where all they talk about are the flaws of signal failures and what not.Well- this is what happened and these people survived for so long.Great screenplay ,awesome direction ,even the music of the movie gives you hope.Alive leaves a lot to imagination but there is only so much you can do with the run time you get for a movie to be released in theaters.Alive might now work in today's day and age and some would rate it as slow and dull but not for me.I wont say its a master piece but its not "kill your time" movies. When you watch it you can't help but wonder what you would do in their situation?

In 1972, "A South American rugby team, together with some friends and relatives crosses the Andes to play a game in neighboring Chile." Their plane loses both wings and its tail, then crashes into the snowy mountains. In order to survive, the living must eat the dead. This was based on a actual tragedy, and tells an unsavory story; for these reasons, it seems much more realistic than your average "plane crash" story. Also helping is the decision to not insert the usual stereotypes; there is no added romance, no movie star on board, and so on... There are some things to lower your suspension of disbelief, however. We could have done without the opening visual of moody John Malkovich in a dark room pumped with blue smoke, although his narration is fine. The large cast is sometimes confusing. They always appear too hale and hearty during this ordeal, but otherwise act appropriately. Best of all, director Frank Marshall and his production team give you a real sense of being in the Andes, at the mercy of a majestic and terrifying Earth God.****** Alive (1/15/93) Frank Marshall ~ Ethan Hawke, Vincent Spano, Josh Hamilton, John Haymes Newton