Alone in the Dark (2005)

User Rating:

2.3/10   

Director:

Uwe Boll

Writers:

Elan Mastai (written by) &
Michael Roesch (written by) ...

Release Date:

28 January 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Fantasy | Horror

Tagline:

Evil awakens.

Plot:

Based on the video game, Alone in the Dark focuses on Edward Carnby, a detective of the paranormal, who slowly unravels a mysterious events with deadly results.

Plot Keywords:

Paranormal | Detective | Orphan | Dark | Artifact

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Christian Slater	...	Edward Carnby
Tara Reid	...	Aline Cedrac
Stephen Dorff	...	Cmdr. Richard Burke
Frank C. Turner	...	Sam Fischer
Matthew Walker	...	Prof. Lionel Hudgens
Will Sanderson	...	Agent Miles
Mark Acheson	...	Captain Chernick (as Mark Atcheson)
Darren Shahlavi	...	John Dillon
Karin Konoval	...	Sister Clara
Craig Bruhnanski	...	80's Sheriff (as Craig Brunanski)
Kwesi Ameyaw	...	Deputy Adams
Dustyn Arthurs	...	Young Edward
Catherine Lough Haggquist	...	Krash
Ed Anders	...	James Pinkerton
Brad Turner	...	Beat Cop

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Runtime:

USA:96 min | Argentina:96 min

Country:

Canada | Germany | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Germany:18 (director's cut) | UK:18 | Taiwan:R-12 | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:M18 | New Zealand:R16 | Finland:K-15 | Spain:13 | Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:13 | South Korea:15 (cable rating) | Canada:14A | Germany:16 | Philippines:R-13 | USA:R | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Company:

AITD Productions

Trivia:

The ending was different in the original script, but Uwe Boll felt it should be ambiguous.

Goofs:

Boom mic visible: When Reid inspects the contents of a box in her apartment, the shadow of a microphone can be seen on a pillar.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Prof. Lionel Hudgens: [narrating] In 1967, mine workers discovered the first remnants of a long lost Native American civilization - The Abkani. The Abkani believed that there are two worlds on this planet, a world of light and a world of darkness. 10,000 years ago the Abkani opened a gate between these worlds...

Movie Connections:

References Lethal Weapon (1987)

Soundtrack:

Wish I Had an Angel

You almost feel sorry for the actors

This movie succeeds at being one of the most unique movies you've seen. However this comes from the fact that you can't make heads or tails of this mess. It almost seems as a series of challenges set up to determine whether or not you are willing to walk out of the movie and give up the money you just paid. If you don't want to feel slighted you'll sit through this horrible film and develop a real sense of pity for the actors involved, they've all seen better days, but then you realize they actually got paid quite a bit of money to do this and you'll lose pity for them just like you've already done for the film. I can't go on enough about this horrible movie, its almost something that Ed Wood would have made and in that case it surely would have been his masterpiece.

To start you are forced to sit through an opening dialogue the likes of which you've never seen/heard, this thing has got to be five minutes long. On top of that it is narrated, as to suggest that you the viewer cannot read. Then we meet Mr. Slater and the barrage of terrible lines gets underway, it is as if he is operating solely to get lines on to the movie poster tag line. Soon we meet Stephen Dorff, who I typically enjoy) and he does his best not to drown in this but ultimately he does. Then comes the ultimate insult, Tara Reid playing an intelligent role, oh help us! Tara Reid is not a very talented actress and somehow she continually gets roles in movies, in my opinion though she should stick to movies of the American pie type.

All in all you just may want to see this for yourself when it comes out on video, I know that I got a kick out of it, I mean lets all be honest here, sometimes its comforting to revel in the shortcomings of others.