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Alpha

Name: Alpha
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Released: 2018-08-17
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 6.6

★ 6,6 /10 (2,845 Votes)

2018 EN 97 min

Overview

In the prehistoric past, Keda, a young and inexperienced hunter, struggles to return home after being separated from his tribe when bison hunting goes awry. On his way back he will find an unexpected ally.

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Release date

17/08/2018

Votes

2,845

Popularity

5.0

Leaders are born from survival

Genres

Adventure Drama

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

97 min

Budget

$51,000,000

Revenue

$99,630,675

Website

www.alpha-themovie.com

Kodi Smit-McPhee

Keda

Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson

Tau

Marcin Kowalczyk

Sigma

Jens Hultén

Natassia Malthe

Rho

Spencer Bogaert

Kappa

Mercedes de la Zerda

Leonor Varela

Shaman Woman

Priya Rajaratnam

Huntress (uncredited)

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Nashon Douglas

Lion Tribe #3 (uncredited)

Michael Kruse-Dahl

Lion Tribe #4 (uncredited)

Kyle Glenn Thomas

Lion Tribe #9 (uncredited)

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Nestor de la Zerda

Solutrean Hunter #1 (uncredited)

Louis Lay

Solutrean Hunter #2 (uncredited)

Patrick Flanagan

Solutrean Hunter #3 (uncredited)

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Blake Point

Solutrean Hunter #4 (uncredited)

Taran Kootenhayoo

Solutrean Hunter #6 (uncredited)

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Good shots, awful plot

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It deserved a better showing at the box office, and I really want to give credit to Hughes on putting all of this together with an eye for some of the early traditions of early man. He clearly did enough homework to keep it true to the period while still making the film entertaining. I do however think the subtitles didn't help the box office showing at all, but added to the realism of the film over all. Kodi Smit-McPhee though, he was able to carry the film while looking strikingly like Juliette Lewis, and, in some cases, moving like her. It was a bit of a distraction, especially when t…

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