Feofan
Good shots, awful plot
Alpha
- Adventure
- Drama
8/17/2018
97
PG-13
Leaders are born from survival
In the prehistoric past, Keda, a young and inexperienced hunter, struggles to return home after being separated from his tribe when bison hunting goes awry. On his way back he will find an unexpected ally.
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- Revenue:
- $99,630,675
- Budget:
- $51,000,000
Videos
Cast
Kodi Smit-McPheeKeda- Jóhannes Haukur JóhannessonTau
- Marcin KowalczykSigma
- Jens HulténXi
Natassia MaltheRho- Spencer BogaertKappa
- Mercedes de la ZerdaNu
- Leonor VarelaShaman Woman
- Priya RajaratnamHuntress (uncredited)
Nashon DouglasLion Tribe #3 (uncredited)- Michael Kruse-DahlLion Tribe #4 (uncredited)
- Kyle Glenn ThomasLion Tribe #9 (uncredited)
- Nestor de la ZerdaSolutrean Hunter #1 (uncredited)
- Louis LaySolutrean Hunter #2 (uncredited)
- Patrick FlanaganSolutrean Hunter #3 (uncredited)
- Blake PointSolutrean Hunter #4 (uncredited)
Reviews
GenerationofSwine
It deserved a better showing at the box office, and I really want to give credit to Hughes on putting all of this together with an eye for some of the early traditions of early man. He clearly did enough homework to keep it true to the period while still making the film entertaining.
I do however think the subtitles didn't help the box office showing at all, but added to the realism of the film over all.
Kodi Smit-McPhee though, he was able to carry the film while looking strikingly like Juliette Lewis, and, in some cases, moving like her. It was a bit of a distraction, especially when the men and women really needed to look more rawhide...a lot more rawhide.
Despite that, it was a compelling film, despite some of the CGI issues. I...