An amnesiac man is assisted by a survivalist woman to find his girlfriend in a post-apocalyptic world in Die Alone. Ethan (Douglas Smith) wakes up after a car accident with no memory, other than he was travelling with his girlfriend Emma (Kimberly-Sue Murray) to lay low at their cabin as a viral pandemic turns the population into plant-based zombies called The Reclaimed. Ethan receives assistance from Mae (Carrie-Anne Moss), a survivalist woman taking shelter at an abandoned farm. Periodically, Ethan would black and have glimpses of his lost memory, including that of a man named Kai (Frank Grillo).
Die Alone Synopsis
Die Alone is a post-apocalyptic film written and directed by Lowell Dean (Wolfcop, Another Wolfcop, Dark Match). The film stars Douglas Smith (Seven Veils) as Ethan, an amnesiac man whose last memories involve travelling with his girlfriend Emma, played by Kimberly-Sue Murray (The End of Sex), to escape a viral zombie pandemic. Carrie-Ann Moss (Memento, Fido) costars as the survivalist woman Mae, who assists Ethan in his search. However, danger arises when a drifter named Tom (Jonathan Cherry) arrives on Mae’s farm looking for his missing wife.
My Thoughts Die Alone
On the surface, Die Alone is a typical zombie apocalypse film. However, despite the film featuring some very impressive creature effects for “The Reclaimed,” who appear as a cross between skeletons and trees, Die Alone is a more human story. The main mystery of the film involves the amnesia experienced by the protagonist Ethan and it is no coincidence that Memento star Carrie-Ann Moss was cast as the mysterious survivalist woman Mae, who seems to know more than she is letting on.
Die Alone has a very twisty plot, which is pieced together through multiple flashbacks, the longest of which features a man named Kai played by Frank Grillo (Captain America: The Winter Soldier). While admittedly figured any many of the twists of Die Alone by the midway point, it is still enjoyable watching the events play out. This includes the third act, which introduces Lowell Dean regular Jonathan Cherry as Tom, who has ulterior motives for coming to Mae’s house.
In a similar fashion to how Wolf Cop included a memorable scene set to Gowan’s “Moonlight Desires,” Die Alone makes repeated use of Tommy James and the Shondells’ 1968 hit “Crimson and Clover.” This includes the final sequence of the film, which perfectly ties together Die Alone‘s themes of love in a world of death. As such, Die Alone is a film that I quite recommend checking out.
