Review of Alpha (2018) by Compi24 — 21 Mar 2020
"Alpha" was a movie I avoided almost entirely in an effort to escape the bad taste that Roland Emmerich's "10,000 B.C." left in my mouth all the way back in 2008. Preconceived notions about the relative period aside, this really did work for the most part.
It's a generally effective survival narrative that's a bit slow on the draw, focusing too much on the father-son relationship early on and nowhere near enough (you can never have enough) upon the man-dog/wolf connection that the marketing went so hard in the paint with.
Once we're thrust into that portion of the narrative, though, it's decent entertainment. I also really appreciated the commitment to having this entire movie spoken in a pre-historic language. This really helped bolster a sense of historical authenticity that the visuals seemed to waver in and out of.
This review of Alpha (2018) was written by Compi24 on 21 March 2020.
Alpha has generally received positive reviews.
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