oscaralbert Review of Out of the Dark

Out of the Dark (2014)

"Yankees stay home!!" yells OUT OF THE DARK . . .

[6/10 · 2 March 2015]

. . . a message that should go without saying, let alone requiring an entire feature-length film to get the point across. Any American with their head screwed on straight realizes that Antarctica, New Zealand, Iceland, plus parts of Australia, Western Europe, and Canada are the ONLY places to visit without risking the high expenditure of U.S. taxpayer dollars and possible peril to our brave Special Forces personnel for the so-called "thrill" of selfishly traipsing around world trouble spots slumming. However, "Sarah" (Julia Stiles) and "Paul" (Scott Speedman) set fit to drag their young daughter to a haunted portion (what isn't?) of Columbia, South America. (Since Ms. Stiles has been paired on screen at least once with every minority actor in her age group, she has NO chemistry with the white-bread Mr. Speedman, proving the adage which rhymes "Black" with "back.) This atmospheric horror tale has plenty of rain, thunder, lightning, mist, fog, and gloom. Mostly what it lacks is a compelling story line and characters who are not total idiots.