DIE ALONE

(director/writer: Lowell Dean; cinematographer: Mark Dobrescu; editor: Tim Thurmeier; music: Todd Bryanton; cast: Sari Mercer (Sara), Leo Fafard (Hunter), Jason Truong  (Driver), Frank Grillo (Kai), Carrie-Anne Moss (Mae), Jonathan Cherry (Tom), Amy Matysio (Jolene), Douglas Smith (Ethan), Steven Roy (The Wolf), Palmer Tastad (Caroline), Laura Abramsen (Jawless Woman), Kimberly-Sue Murray (Emma), Harlan Blayne Kytwayhat (The Fox), Ryland Alexander (Monstrous Man); Runtime: 91; MPAA Rating: TV-MA; producers: Kevin DeWalt, Benjamin DeWalt, Danielle Masters; Quiver Distribution/VOD; 2024-Canada/USA)

“A better-than-average zombie apocalypse movie.”

Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz

A better-than-average zombie apocalypse movie directed and written by Lowell Dean (“Dark Match”/”Wolfcop”) that reflects on love and loss.

In the post-apocalyptic future, Emma (Kimberly-Sue Murray) and Ethan (Douglas Smith) are lovers escaping from some unknown disaster due to a plant virus but get into a car crash. Ethan wakes up alone  not remembering anything. He encounters a hostile group, and is rescued by the older survivor Mae (Carrie-Anne Moss). She takes him to her farm to get better. There’s no sign of Emma, which has him concerned. When he sneaks out to look for her in their cabin by stealing Mae’s car, he finds only a strange woman and her child. Before a zombie can attack him, Mae rescues Ethan and brings him back to the farm.


Some men in the community, led by Tom (Jonathan Cherry), accuse Emma of being a zombie helper. This confuses Ethan, who seems lost and unaware of what’s going down.

How it gets resolved for both the suffering Mae and Ethan comes with a twist or two, as moral questions about love and survival are raised.

REVIEWED ON 1/13/2025  GRADE: B
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