Claudio Carvalho In 1972, the Uruguayan rugby team is flying to Chile to play a game. However, the plane from the Uruguayan Air Force with 45 persons crashes on the Andes Mountains and after the search party, they are considered dead. Two months after the crash, the sixteen survivors are finally rescued. Along the days, the starved survivors decide to eat flesh from the bodies of their comrades to survive. "Alive" is an impressive and timeless film based on a true event – the crash of a plane on the Andes in 1972. The screenplay is very well written, considering the dramatic and sensitive theme, and is respectful with the survivors. The performances are top-notch and the special effects seem to be ahead of time. The fight for survival of this group is amazing and shows what the man is capable to do in extreme situations. My vote is eight.Title (Brazil): "Vivos" ("Alive")

nishantu Awesome is the word.You could feel what those survivors would have gone through when all of this happened to them.I read few reviews from critics where all they talk about are the flaws of signal failures and what not.Well- this is what happened and these people survived for so long.Great screenplay ,awesome direction ,even the music of the movie gives you hope.Alive leaves a lot to imagination but there is only so much you can do with the run time you get for a movie to be released in theaters.Alive might now work in today's day and age and some would rate it as slow and dull but not for me.I wont say its a master piece but its not "kill your time" movies. When you watch it you can't help but wonder what you would do in their situation?

thegreyrating The Grey Rating: Alive A flexible rating system used to determine the quality of a movie based on a methodical comparison with the film masterpiece, The Grey.+ A plane crash + A group of rugged men are stranded in a hostile environment + The pilots die and are eaten + A very cold setting + Themes dealing with the survival of the individual and the group + Exploration of the survival instinct and lengths a person will go to in order to survive Lack of wolves Lack of Sir Liam Neeson This film is basically what The Grey would have been without wolves and Sir Liam Neeson.

macpet49-1 I am approximately the same age as these men. I remember when this happened in 1972 thinking how awful it all was UNTIL I read the book and saw this film!! These were privileged yuppie kids with attitude who were on a winter jaunt while the rest of us were toiling at our 3 jobs to put ourselves through college! The great thing about the film is it doesn't smooth over their idiocy. Everyone in it is selfish. Everyone is egotistical. The pleasure is in watching them one by one bite it! So, if you like movies where horrible teenagers get torn apart by monsters (Jaws, Halloween, House) you'll enjoy this film! I can't think of a better group of selfish individuals to have something like this happen to!! Too bad any survived.