Alive

View Date: 7/18/09

Alive is the story of the Uruguay rugby team that crashed in the Andes during winter. The survivors of the crash had to deal with unbearable cold, injury, illness, and death. They had no way of communicating with the rest of the world, and wound up running out of food. As a result, they resorted to cannibalism of the dead for survival. In the end, two of the stranded walk out of the Andes and bring back a rescue squad.

I had seen this movie before, and it was just as moving this time around. The performances are very real to the point that I wanted to smack people acting like fools or cheer when the group was rescued. Of all the acting, I think that the person best known, Ethan Hawke, actually had the least believable performance of the group. I am glad the actors did not use accents, although at times it makes you forget that the team is from Uruguay. Overall, this is a movie very worth watching.

10 words or less: One everyone should see.