The timeless Carrie-Anne Moss leads one of this weekend’s new releases, Die Alone, an apocalyptic thriller centered around an epidemic that runs rampant and turns humans into cannibalistic monsters. If it sounds familiar, sure, there have been numerous zombie horror films over the decades, but Die Alone offers some unique plot beats — such as Moss portraying someone who takes a spiraling amnesiac under her wing amid trying times. If that also sounds familiar, Christopher Nolan fans might remember Moss from his early memory-loss stunner Memento, which will soon celebrate 25 years since its release. In fact, it was Memento that almost kept Moss from starring in Die Alone.
“I have to be honest, when I first read [the Die Alone script], that was the only thing that kind of gave me any hesitation, was just those few moments where I was like, ‘Oh, this sort of feels like I’ve done this before,” Moss told MovieWeb in reflecting on certain parallels between Memento and Die Alone. “But then, overall, it was so different that I decided to let that go, and I didn’t think it would, you know, impede my experience… The character’s so different, but it definitely, at first, was kind of like, ‘Oh, I don’t know, I don’t want to do something [like that] again.'”
Not Watching ‘Zombie Movies to Relax’?
And while Moss has dabbled in similarly gritty and violent projects as Die Alone, she confirmed to us that she’s not exactly a hardcore fan of similar horror features in real life. “I do like an apocalyptic story. I think we all have an interest in that, right? A lot of us do, but it’s not really my go-to,” Moss told us. “I don’t watch apocalyptic zombie movies to relax, which is usually what I do when I watch anything on TV… I don’t like to go to bed and have, like, nightmares. And I’m really sensitive. My kids think it’s kind of funny. I’m really sensitive, and I’m like, ‘Oh, I can’t watch that. There’s a lot of shooting in a show!’ My body will be feeling all the bullets, you know?“
But that’s not to say Moss doesn’t own the screen as a badass, means-business heroine protecting herself and her companion (Douglas Smith) against the monstrous entities around them in Die Alone. Just because she’s not donning those futuristic outfits from The Matrix franchise, that doesn’t mean she’s someone to mess with in the dystopian universe introduced by writer-director Lowell Dean in Moss’ new thriller. Says Moss:
“I loved how practical she was with the gun… And the wooden spoon she’s using to stir the soup, you know, it’s like, that’s one of the things I loved about her. It wasn’t like she’s some cool action star. She just this, like, practical, earthy woman who’s just, like, pulling a gun out in a moment to make a point, you know? Never doing it to be cool.”
From Quiver Distribution, Die Alone is now available in theaters, on demand and on digital.
In a dystopian future, a pandemic has ravaged society, leaving behind a landscape overrun by zombie-like creatures. A young man with amnesia teams up with a tough survivalist to track down his missing girlfriend. Along the way, they encounter a mysterious figure whose presence may unlock the secrets of the past.
- Release Date
- October 18, 2024
- Director
- Lowell Dean
- Cast
- Douglas Smith , Carrie-Anne Moss , Frank Grillo , Steven Roy , Kimberly-Sue Murray , Harlan Blayne Kytwayhat , Jonathan Cherry , Amy Matysio , Sari Mercer , Leo Fafard , Laura Abramsen , Ryland Alexander , Jason Truong , Palmer Tastad , George Grassick , Greyson Dubois
- Runtime
- 91 Minutes
- Writers
- Lowell Dean
