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Alive
2003·Movie
·1h 59min·
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A , sci-fi movie: , but never scary, .
Good for friends night · thought-provoking · adults
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A life worse than death.
Tenshu is imprisoned and sentenced to death for murdering the men who raped his girlfriend. However, he manages to survive his execution and is presented with an option: face another execution attempt or subject himself to their bizarre and dangerous experiments.
Dark Sci-Fi ThrillerBody HorrorSocial ExperimentsSurvivalImprisonment and EscapePsychological TraumaVisceralDystopian
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Is Alive worth watching?
56
DecentGoodWatch scoreOpinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 56 (IMDb 5.5).
Will Alive scare me?
Not scaryTerrifying
It's more unsettling than scary: the title analysis rates it 8 of 10 for tension, but 4 for scares.
Will I feel good after watching Alive?
BleakHopeful
Probably not: the title analysis rates it 8 of 10 for bleakness and 6 for melancholy, against 3 for hopefulness.
Is Alive in English?
Japanese
No, it was made in Japanese.
What tropes does Alive use?
Translation ConventionBittersweet EndingAchilles in His TentCloud Cuckoo LanderHope BringerEarn Your Happy EndingHeroic BSoDArtistic License – HistoryNo Name GivenIronic DeathHope SpotDespair Event Horizonand 70 more
TV Tropes lists 82 tropes for it, including Translation Convention, Bittersweet Ending, and Achilles in His Tent.