ALONE

Alone (its original thai title is Fadd (แฝด) which literally means ‘Twin’ in english) tells a story of Thai couples Ploy (Masha Vadhanapanich) and Vee (Witthaya Wasukraipaisarn), both working and living in Korea. On one night, ploy receives an emergency phone call from Thailand notified that her mother just had a stroke. Ploy and Vee then have to fly back immediately.

After a while, the film unveils that Ploy is used to be conjoined twins but she had the operation to separate her and her sister when they were fifteen years old. The result of that operation led to her sister’s death.

After arriving at her old house, she begins to feel that she has been watched. Someone or something is staying near her. She’s believing it must be her sister coming back from the dead to reclaim her life.

Masha Vadhanapanich has successfully portrayed the role of conjoined twins with her exceptional acting skills. The background music is just brilliant. Special effects used in this film are all good, though several scenes are not so originals. There are scenes resembling to Hollywood film ‘What Lies Beneath’ and a Korean film 장화, 홍련 (A Tale of Two Sisters).

Fortunately, I’ve never seen ‘What Lies Beneath’ and I stopped watching ‘장화, 홍련’ on DVD for 50 minutes because it was so boring. In fact, I wouldn’t mind watching the same effects or scenes which were previously used in other films if they can put them in the right moment. Personally i think it’s just silly if we’re going to watch a film just to catch if the scenes we just saw were used in other films without really looking into the context of the entire film.

My most favorite scene is the scene where Masha walking by the beach alone. It’s so thrilling! I would probably freak out if I was in that situation. Another unforgettable scene is the sound of breathing.

In my opinion, the weak point of this film is the plot. There are some explainable scenes. I believe 50% percent of the audience who constantly watch thriller / suspense / horror flicks would be able to figure out the ending after watching half of the film. There’s nothing seriously wrong with that. I just wish it would be great if they could add something more twisted, more unexpected ending.

Though ‘alone’ is unable to surpass their previous work titled ‘Shutter’ but ‘Alone’ is definitely can be called as a decent thriller film. I would recommend this for all horror/thriller film lovers.