Alone (2017)

Alone (2017) takes a familiar apocalypse idea and makes it feel freshly intimate: not a spectacle of destruction, but the eerie, aching quiet of a city suddenly emptied out, seen at street level through the eyes of kids who have to grow up overnight. David Moreau balances a sense of wonder with a creeping unease, letting the film be genuinely fun and adventurous one moment, then tightening the air with dread and tension the next. The young cast sells the premise with grounded, human performances that keep the story emotionally tethered even as the situation turns stranger and more hostile. If you want a big-effects sci-fi blowout, this isn’t that kind of ride, but if you’re drawn to moody fantasy-survival stories that keep you leaning forward, it’s an easy one to recommend.

Alone is clearly aiming for a moody, youth-centered mystery where the eerie emptiness of the world becomes its own character, and on that level it occasionally lands thanks to its deserted-city atmosphere and a sincere, grounded lead performance. The problem is the film often feels oddly flat: the dialogue can sound unnatural, and the pacing doesn’t build tension so much as drift from scene to scene. When it finally moves toward answers, the explanation leans into familiar territory, so if you’re hoping for a genuinely shocking sci‑fi/horror twist, you may feel shortchanged. If you like quiet, melancholic survival stories with teens at the center and don’t mind a “been there” payoff, it’s serviceable; if you want sharp writing and a gripping mystery, your time is probably better spent elsewhere.