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Alive Details

2004

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from 148 members

Starring	Hideo Sakaki
Director	Ryuhei Kitamura
Genres	Horror, World Cinema

Alive

Sentenced to die in the electric chair for murdering his girlfriends' rapists, Tenshu somehow survives the execution attempt. Astonished prison officials give Tenshu a choice: face the chair again or volunteer for several barbaric experiments, one of which puts him against an alien creature. A stylish martial arts and horror film, ALIVE is based on the famous comic by Tsutomu Takahashi. Director Ryuhei Kitamura is the mad genius behind equally dark films VERSUS, DUEL, and THE MESSENGER AND AZUMI.

Starring	Hideo Sakaki
Director	Ryuhei Kitamura
Studio	ELEVATION
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 54 mins
Certificate
Genres	Horror, World Cinema
Language	DVD: Japanese
Subtitles	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 2004 To Rent: DVD: 01 Sep 2008

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  Worst film EVER!!!
  
  This film was soooo bad that I fell asleep whist watching it. I didn't realise that it was all in Japanese and I had to read the subtitles, which made it ... read more »
  
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  - 24 Jan 2009 at 16:16
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  isomer power
  
  Young man survives execution in electric chair because he's been earmarked by scientists and military to undergo experiments with alien force. This force ... read more »
  
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- - juradino
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  - 25 Jan 2011 at 16:17
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  odd, odd, odd
  
  Odd little find, the film is shot in half a dozen rooms with about as many actors. At times it is too slow, the action sections are very good but you'd ... read more »
  
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  - Nottingham
  - 12 Nov 2009 at 23:03
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  Close, but so far away
  
  Apparently this movie is based on managa. I guess that this manga came out after the first matrix movie because the last third of this movie attempts to be a ... read more »
  
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  Sentenced to die in the electric chair for murdering his girlfriends' rapists, Tenshu somehow survives the execution attempt. Astonished prison officials give Tenshu a choice: face the chair again or volunteer for several barbaric experiments, one of which puts him against an alien creature. A ...