Recounts the true-life story of a group of Uruguayan Rugby players and other people travelling to Chile to play a game in 1972 .After their airplane crashes in the remote , snowy Andes , they are forced to turn to cannibalism during a 10-week struggle to survive. Despite sub-zero temperatures, famine and scarce supplies they will do anything to survive , even if that means they have to eat their loved ones who are dead as food .The most shocking episode in the history of human survival . They survived the impossible...by doing the unthinkable . They were the ordinary young men driven to the very limits of human endurance. The triumph of the human spirit . Caution: The recreation of the 1972 Andes plane crash and the Survival Scenes may be too intense for young teenagers ¡

Thilling and exciting film concerning the famous batle for survival including gore and blood . The best scenes are the immense efforts the group have to carry out , forced to do anything and everything they could to stay alive on meager rations , ultimately eating human food through the freezing cold , as well as the stirring , moving final scenes . Skillfully crafted and doggedly played by an unknown cast , exception for the partially famous Mexican actor Hugo Stiglitz who has developed a long career as national as international . Special effects are passable , but other parts of the movie are never fully realized . The movie pushes too hard and too far , and no apt for squeamish . It strives for being some inspirational but falls well short of inspired and marred by some exploitation scenes . Director Rene Cardona focus the fight for survival , but at times chooses the gruesome idea of cannibalism by showing gory images . However , the Walt Disney version 1993 by Frank Marshall with Ethan Hawke , Vincent Spano, Josh Hamilton chose instead to focus on all aspects of the deseperate fight including deep relationships among them and brief remarks about cannibalism with no gore .

In spite of receiving awful critics, this "Survive!"results to be an acceptable and decent film professionally directed in medium budget by Rene Cardona (SantaClaus, Don Juan Tenorio, Asesino invisible , El Enmascarado de Plata , Blue Demon, El Pueblo del Terror , Santo y tesoro de Dracula , Tesoro de Moctezuma and many others) .Rating 6/10 . Passable and watchable .

SURVIVE! is a Mexican version of the famous true story about the team of rugby players from Uruguay whose plane crashed over the Andes, trapping the survivors in an icy wasteland. Director Rene Cardona spent a lengthy career making B-movies, many of them in the horror and wrestling genres, and unsurprisingly he enhances the horrific elements of this particular story. Cannibalism plays an important role in the film and it's depicted in a surprisingly explicit way for the era, which makes this film much more realistic than you might expect. The cast members give average performances but the down-to-earth style of shooting adds to the aforementioned realism and the script sticks to survival staples rather than adding in flashbacks or melodrama. The plane cash is also quite well staged.

The highest compliment one can pay to this movie is that it's no better or worse than the 1993 version of the same story ("Alive"),despite its having been produced on a much lower budget, with more primitive special effects. The problem is that if you're familiar with the story, there are no surprises left; you're simply waiting for the inevitable. It must be noted, however, that the "gore" factor has been considerably hyped up: the scenes that are "not for the squeamish" amount to a total of two. (**)