Review of Alone in the Dark (2005) by Clem666 — 31 Jan 2021
Painful movie to watch. It lasts for an hour and a half but it seems as long as a complete 10-season series. Sceanrio is disparate, inconsistent, impossible to clearly understand. Lighting is remarkably awful: 80% of the scenes are shot in almost total darkness. All protagonists are unattractive and have this strange emotionless acting. Decors and environments are terrible, and espacially the costumes since Boll used paintball armors to equip policemen. Music and sound effects are horrible and incoherent too. Dialogues are dull and flat. There is absolutely no link between the actual movie title, the eponymous video game and the plot of the movie. Who could have bet on the fact that a movie called 'Alone In the Dark' would show dozens of warriors against thousands of creatures? No one is actually alone, even if we are actually in the dark all along.
Only good point I found is that special effects on creatures are not that bad. However I can't say the same for special effects on deaths. A few (and only a few) frames and scenes are actually inspired. It deserves a 2/10 because of this and because this film does not have the real petty intention towards us. We have much to learn from the countless mistakes it makes.
This review of Alone in the Dark (2005) was written by Clem666 on 31 Jan 2021.
Alone in the Dark has generally received very negative reviews.
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