The future prison looks fantastic, the concept is rock solid, and yet in Ryuhei Kitamura's second feature, something goes wrong in the execution.
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09/03/08
Alive (2004)
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Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: Sentenced to die in the electric chair for murdering his girlfriends' rapists, Tenshu somehow survives the execution attempt. Astonished prison officials give Tenshu a choice: face the chair again... [More]
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It's a shame that a small action film with such a talented cast and interesting set-up ends up being dragged down by excessive exposition and languid pacing
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