alivealive be a very entertaining sci fi movie from japan . i have notice a lot of disappointed film geek who love versus this director debut film or his third film azumi . i have hear they be blood drenched film with sword and zombie and all kind of goody . frankly i go to the video store to get versus but i be just fine with alive . if you be look for begin to end wall to wall action then alive be not your pick . there be plenty of action however it come a pay off for a whole hour of character drive build up . personally i think it be well do and worth it . of course some of the plot be silly a with many sci fi action film and i think the subtitle use the term foreign object could have replace with parasite for great effect . this film be brutal when it need to be so faint of heart need not apply . they keep the budget down by for the most part confine all the action to one underground building ( take a cue from the cube ) but the film doesn not suffer for it . another bonus for this film be intense gothic imago that be do with great artistic flair during the many flashback and dream sequence . rent this .