Review of Against the Dark (2009) by Tom J — 13 Jun 2009
If you rented this movie based on the cover (two bad-assed looking vampires and a sword wielding Steven Seagal) you will be sorely disappointed. Seagal is only in the movie about 15 minutes and the vampires are really just stunt men playing zombies or mutants or whatever it is that was infected by some kind of virus.
If this sounds like a ripoff of 28 Days or Blade, I think that is what the director was aiming for. Seagal is the leader of a group of hunters who are vigilantes trying to kill the vampires/zombies/ mutants even though it seems clear that they pretty much are in control of the cities and so therefore their mission is pretty fruitless.
The movie really centers around a group of deservedly no name actors trying to make from a top floor of hospital to the bottom floor to escape the building (for what reason isn't clear because there don't seem to be any safe areas in the city).
It isn't until they meet up with Seagal's group and kill another group of vampires/zombies/mutants that someone comes up with the bright idea that maybe if they used an elevator they could reach the bottom floor more quickly.
If I through the brief description of the plot I made this sound vague intriguing I am sorry. You can actually hear your brain cells dying through this movie. I am not sure what it says about me that I stayed through the end.
It is like that accident on the freeway that you try not to look at but you can't help yourself.
This review of Against the Dark (2009) was written by Tom J on 13 Jun 2009.
Against the Dark has generally received mixed reviews.
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