Review of Survive

Survive (2020)
7/10
A Worthy Survival Flick...
21 August 2020
Warning: Spoilers
One of the first films I have seen on Quibi with an episodic format of about 8-minutes per episode, and there are twelve episodes. Like a lot of other people that have provided reviews of this flick, I thought that the brooding/melancholy that Jane exhibited, one of the main characters, went a little too long. Paul, the other main character, provided both the will to go on and the drive to seeking civilization. Plenty of events along the way down from their crash site to provide the drama. Transitioning from cliff-side to the ground was a huge leap in the story. The ending was predictable, but I enjoyed the story anyway. I think that if they had spent a bit more time on the front-end of this movie, I think they would have been able to edit-out a good bit of the segments to qualify as a short-film.

The performances by both Sophie Turner & Corey Hawkins were splendid in these roles and you get to see both actors provide a great deal to this feature throughout, they indeed made it worthwhile to view this movie. The cinematography was great with plenty of epic wilderness scenes & flyovers to give you a sense of how difficult the going was through the snow and the rubble along the peaks. This film did not rely upon special effects, particularly absent in the plane crash. In my opinion, this provided a good deal of suspense. Though both actors are attractive, the only one showing any skin was Corey to assess his character's injuries, which only added to the drama of the story.

I gave this film seven stars only because it should have been a short-film. I don't think that it would have done well in theaters, but it definitely would have done well at film festivals and received recognition in the form of nominations. It is worthy of your time. I also came away from it with a memorable line uttered by Corey's character about memories. You'll have to view the film to hear it!
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