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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: Lions Gate
Salesrank: 53931
Released: May 10, 2005 |
| Our Price: $2.77 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
A PARANORMAL DETECTIVE'S INVESTIGATION OF THE MYSTERIOUS DEATHOF A FRIEND LEADS HIM TO SHADOW ISLAND. THERE, HE FINDS THATANCIENT DEMONS ARE ON THE VERGE OF COMING BACK TAKING OVER THEWORLD.
Description of Alone in the Dark:
As another entry in the video-game-to-movie genre, Alone in the Dark certainly delivers in terms of its splattering gore and number of things that get shot or blown up with the kind of arsenal familiar to any fan of games that allow the player to shoot or blow things up. You could argue that some game-based movies have been big successes--gauged either by audience appeal or box office scores. Even though a lot of hardcore gamers probably won't care, Alone in the Dark is not of that ilk. At least the Resident Evil and Tomb Raider series had some interesting characters and locations (not to mention sexy stars). But Alone in the Dark is crippled from the first by a mundane setting of caves, laboratories, and street-fighting backgrounds as well as a cast (including Christian Slater, Stephen Dorff, and Tara Reid) that couldn't be less interested in the overly complex plot. The absurdity starts right away with a long expository pre-title text crawl that carries all the gravitas of a "Monty Python" sketch intro. The gist of the plot has a group of scientists, special-ops military guys, and paranormal freaks and geeks investigating evil creatures that were once harnessed by an extinct subset race of Native Americans. Unleashed again, the creatures must be destroyed, which is where the video game blasting and attendant gore comes into play. Considering the cult following the game series carries (the first installment is over a decade old), Alone in the Dark could find a nice little life on DVD, but theater-goers might discover the title's a little too literal. --Ted Fry
Alone in the Dark Reviews:
I don't get it... 
2009-12-18 - Okay, so I received this movie for free, and with little knowledge of its storyline or any other pre-existing hype. Perhaps had I paid to see it in a theater, with expectations that it be truly frightening, or something other than what it is, I may feel differently. Still, I really don't understand why it's received such low reviews from the majority. For its genre, I think its a decently entertaining production. Would I buy it? For $5.00 or less, yes. Will I watch it again, probably as I know others who will likely enjoy it. My advice? If you're a Sci-Fi/Horror fan, who counts the SyFy channel(formerly SciFi) among your favorites, then listen not to the reviews and try to watch it without expectations. You may be pleasantly surprised.
recycled B movies 
2009-08-30 - Its unbelieable that scenes in this piece of trash is still being recycled. The plot as well as the film footage must have been swept up from the film editing floor by the janitor and spliced together.
Not great, but it could have been a lot worse 
2009-04-14 - Former government agent Edward Carnby (Christian Slater) must solve the mystery behind events that happened when he was a child in order to save the planet from being destroyed by monsters from another dimension.
OK, I'll admit, "Alone in the Dark" is not on my best films of all time list, but it's not on my worst films list, either. It may be directed by Uwe Boll, who is considered by many to be the worst director of all time, but if all of Boll's other films are like this, then Boll has been grossly underestimated, because I have seen a lot of films that are far worse than this one (for example, "The Stepford Wives" remake).
The script is based on a video game, which gives it that "video game", moving from level to level, feel that you get with a lot of films of this type (such as "Resident Evil" or "Doom"), but that didn't so much put me off the film as make me want to go out and play the game. Not being a gamer, this was my first encounter with "Alone in the Dark", and I found the story to be interesting enough to maintain my interest for the duration of the film. The acting is uneven in quality. Christian Slater and Stephen Dorff (as another government agent) both turn in decent performances, but Tara Reid is so unconvincing as a scientist that she actually adds to the entertainment value of the film. My main criticism is that some of the battle scenes are just too long. There is a fight scene at about the 1 hour mark that comprises about 15 minutes of people shooting at monsters with very little dialogue, which became tedious after a while. In spite of that, I still liked the film and would be prepared to watch it again.
Not that bad...I liked it!! 
2009-02-22 - Well, I seem to be only the second poster that cared for the Movie..Alone IN the Dark..First is only cost me 52ยข+S/H and it is in 6.1 DTS Surround Sound...that makes worth a couple of dollars anyway..but I really like the movie...as another poster said, I watched it to be entertained and I was, very much so. Really don't watch movie's to find fault with them...but if they are bad..I don't have any trouble noticing..altho I am sure many here will find that funny. I received it in short order..and I have alway's had a great experience with the seller's at Amazon..thank you all for that...so I say buy the movie...you may find it to be a good movie to the contray of some here.<>Lon<>
Great!!!! for the trash movie selection in my abandoned cabinet 
2009-01-01 - Wow, I didn't think it would be that bad. Anyways I picked this movie along with the collector's edition of hannibal and platoon in a super market. All three of them are 5 bucks each. (not bootleg) By the price, I was happy. Ofcourse hannibal and platoon are great and when I decided to watch this movie, I read the reviews. My reaction to this movie before watching it was the same as punisher warzone; but that movie owns. Anyways, this movie is horrible, in many degrees.
Gun fire: unrealistic.
Acting: The actress (forgot her name)that performed as the main character's girlfriend sucks. She sucks more than my highschool drama club.
Story: Confusing, I had no idea what that was about.
This movie is basically a failed attempt to mix alien, i am legend, and doom all together. It's just not COOL enough. The monsters are lame.....
5 stars for adding this trashy movie to my collection
