Review of And Soon the Darkness (2010) by Matt S — 05 Jan 2011

I was so pulling for this thriller to be good but in the end it was forgettable. It stars Amber Heard and Odette Yustman who are the two most gorgeous actresses in hollywood right now whose characters go bikepacking through Argentina but of course one goes missing and the other one races against time to find her before she gets killed.

This plot has been done to death now like from movies like Turistas, Trade, Shuttle, Wolf Creek you name it but I was just wishing it will do something fresh with it but it doesn't unfortunately. The acting was ok but the standout was Amber Heard which performance wise is her best so far but no one really had a strong script to work with at all and it was just a bunch of wandering around and chase scenes that never gets your heart pumping.

It was disappointingly tedious, predictable and plot hole induced and it wasted so much time doing not much of anything but towards the ending it was decent so was the setup but it fell flat big time in most directions.

It's unfortunate that Amber Heard and Odette Yustman seem to always pick disappointing or lousy horror or thriller flicks because they always have so much potential but they always let me down with their choices.

The ending is what I hate about this movie the most because it was so weak and anticlimatic, lets just say it didn't answer alot of questions. It's a turkey! Overall it wasted talent, beautiful locations and my time and I didn't see the original but if it's better than this movie didn't do it any justice at all.

Skip it!