Review of After the Dark (2013) by Dave J — 18 Sep 2014

Tuesday, August 19, 2014.

(2014) After The Dark.

PHILOSOPHICAL SCIENCE FICTION DRAMA.

Last day for a small group of students coming into a philosophy class, in which the instructor tests them by involving them into his hypothetical situation scenario involving an atomic world scenario with questionable results.

After watching "After The Dark" and then reading some negative reviews from the users, some were a little extreme, while others had made some valid points. But just the same, because it's a movie I have to also include movies I had also saw that resulted into the purpose of this one made in the first place which it's reminiscent of several movies that stemmed from "Battle Royale" and "The Hunger Games" to the many 'apocalyptic' movies made thus far in which only the strong survive. This is a different kind of 'apocalyptic' movie which can be talked about within yourselves since in this film there is drama, power and control. By control, I mean the instructor who as the movie is progressing attempted to control two students 'pretending identities' roles and fates in terms of this fantasy world he made up. Although the acting is not the greatest I think the reason I resonated with this idea is because I've seen my fair share of apocalyptic movies without putting it in perspective. The fact that it's only a movie, it does however, arise the possibly about what can happen as a result of an atomic bomb since this idea is set up by the instructor, and that the tables can be turned around again to not favor him. It's like playing the role-playing game 'Dungeons and Dragons' and that you can make plenty of what if's and decide your own characters. And at the end, viewers can find out that theirs a reason why the instructor rigged it that way which he knows wouldn't be able to achieve in real life.

2.5 out of 4 stars.