Alone (2020)
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A woman must fight for survival after being targeted by a dangerous man in the Oregon wilderness.
The story
While driving along a mountainous highway in Oregon to relocate, recently widowed Jessica encounters a hostile driver in a Jeep. After several unsettling encounters with the man, Jessica's vehicle is sabotaged, and she is kidnapped and held in a remote cabin. She eventually manages to escape into the forest, initiating a desperate struggle to evade her captor. The film follows her harrowing journey through the wilderness as she attempts to find safety and escape the man's pursuit.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
While traveling through Oregon, Jessica is stalked by a man in a Jeep. After her car is sabotaged, she is kidnapped and held in his cabin, where he forces her to recount her husband's suicide. She escapes into the woods, where she encounters a hunter named Robert. The man reappears, claims Jessica is his sister, and kills Robert. Jessica is then injured by the man but manages to hide in a pond. She eventually steals the man's phone and hides in his trunk, calling 911 and alerting his wife. In a final confrontation, she overpowers and fatally stabs the man, who is identified as Sam, as a rescue helicopter arrives.
- First release year
- 2020
- Runtime (minutes)
- 98
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- John Hyams
- Writers
- Mattias Olsson · writer
- Cast and characters
- Jules Willcox · Jessica Swanson; Marc Menchaca · The Man / Sam; Anthony Heald · Robert; Jonathan Rosenthal · Eric
- Genres
- psychological thriller
- Themes
- survival; isolation
- Tone and mood
- suspenseful; tense
- Setting
- Oregon wilderness
- Premise and plot tags
- kidnapping; stalking; survival
- Source material / true-story basis
- Gone (Försvunnen)
- Reception
- The film received generally favorable reviews, praised for its minimalist approach and performances, though some critics noted its sense of 'vicious cruelty'.
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 94 · scale: 100 · review count: 63
- Production trivia
- The film is a remake of the 2011 Swedish film Gone (Försvunnen).; It was the most rented film on Google Play in its opening period.
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