Alone (2020)
February 23, 2025 4:47 PM - Subscribe
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.
Plot description from IMDb.
There's a trailer, but it's from the "let's highlight every important story beat" school of trailer-making. You've been warned.
Directed by John Hyams from a script by Mattias Olsson. Starring Jules Willcox, Marc Menchaca, and Anthony Heald.
93% / 54% on Rotten Tomatoes.
JustWatch listing
Plot description from IMDb.
There's a trailer, but it's from the "let's highlight every important story beat" school of trailer-making. You've been warned.
Directed by John Hyams from a script by Mattias Olsson. Starring Jules Willcox, Marc Menchaca, and Anthony Heald.
93% / 54% on Rotten Tomatoes.
JustWatch listing
Something that I love about this movie is that the protagonist never once falls for any of the tricks the antagonist uses. She’s smart enough not to let him weaponize her own politeness or sense of obligation. He tries to get her to roll down her car window, she refuses. He fakes a broken arm and a flat tire and asks her to help, she just drives on past. She does everything right! Unfortunately it doesn’t really matter in the end, but it’s great to see a protagonist who seems to know what genre of movie she’s in.
posted by ejs at 6:05 PM on February 23 [3 favorites]
posted by ejs at 6:05 PM on February 23 [3 favorites]
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(Was I nonetheless distracted in one particular scene wondering why there's a look to action movies from the mid-90s onward, and what exactly causes that, and how a canny director might avoid it? Also yes.)
posted by johnofjack at 4:49 PM on February 23