Any chance for suspense is thwarted by gratuitous violence, heavy-metal–propelled action sequences and laughably flat dialogue between characters who are barely more developed than in the Atari version.
Alone in the Dark (2005)
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Reviews Counted:115
Fresh:1
Rotten:114
Average Rating:1.7/10
Consensus: Inept on almost every level, Alone in the Dark may not work as a thriller, but it's good for some head-slapping, incredulous laughter.
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: You wake up in the middle of the night with the feeling someone is in the room with you. You get a flash of panic as you fumble for your bedside lamp. But when you turn on the light, no one is... You wake up in the middle of the night with the feeling someone is in the room with you. You get a flash of panic as you fumble for your bedside lamp. But when you turn on the light, no one is there. You might feel safe…but just because you can't see something doesn't mean it's not there. Watching. Waiting. Existing at the fragile boundaries of our perception. There is a world around us, a world most of us never see - or never want to see. As a child, Edward Carnby was given irrefutable proof of that world. He hasn't slept well since. Now, twenty years later, Edward is a paranormal investigator. When the irrational and the inexplicable become undeniable, he is there. He is not out to change your mind. But he may be the only one who can save your life. Now, the greatest mystery of Edward's past is about to become the most dangerous case he has ever faced. Nineteen people have disappeared, and they have only one thing in common - each one grew up in the same orphanage as Edward. Looking for answers, Edward learns that an ancient artifact of considerable power has been discovered in a long-lost shipwreck. Amidst mounting danger, he turns to Aline Cedrac, a brilliant anthropologist who's also his ex-flame - and the only person he really trusts. In a world of ancient evils, lost civilizations, shadowy government conspiracies, and deadly paranormal threats, Edward and Aline come together to confront a supernatural enemy unlike anything they've ever seen before…one whose very existence could threaten all of humankind. -- © Lions Gate Films [More]
Starring: Christian Slater, Tara Reid, Stephen Dorff, William Sanderson
Starring: Christian Slater, Tara Reid, Stephen Dorff, William Sanderson, Robert C. Bruce, Ed Anders, Daniel Cudmore, Darren Shahlavi, Francoise Yip
Director: Uwe Boll
Director: Uwe Boll
Screenwriter: Michael Roesch, Elan Mastai, Peter Scheerer
Producer: Shawn Williamson, Wolfgang Herold
Studio: Lions Gate Films
Reviews for Alone in the Dark
Alone In The Dark isn't going to set the world on fire, but it largely succeeds with what it has to work with. Just don't take it seriously and you'll have a fun time.
So poorly built, so horribly acted and so sloppily stitched together that it's not even at the straight- to-DVD level.
as predictable as watching a bag of microwave popcorn pop and as terrifying as a herd of dust bunnies
Veers tantalizingly close to being one of those movies that is so bad it's good, but in the end, it's so bad it's just ... bad.
The garish editing and stilted, exposition-only dialogue induce the frisson of an America's Most Wanted re-enactment that pays unexpected, sidesplitting returns.
It's only January, but I can't imagine any upcoming film replacing 'Alone in the Dark' as my leading candidate for Worst Movie of 2005.
As long as director Uwe Boll is given money to make films, we are guaranteed at least one unintentionally uproarious gut-buster a year.
A hokey, recycled collection of mumbo-jumbo that unabashedly steals from a multitude of other horror films.
Director Uwe Boll (House of the Dead) has made a cottage industry out of this kind of junk. Maybe it's time for him to close up shop.
Alone in the Dark co-stars perpetual party-girl Tara Reid as an archeologist. That alone should give you some clue as to how bad this movie is.
They say that even ugly babies have faces their mothers love, but this is truly a film that not even hardcore genre fans could appreciate.
If anyone were pondering what Ed Wood would be like today if he were armed with foreign financing and computer effects, look no further than Uwe Boll.
If you find yourself alone in Alone In The Dark, run away as fast as you can. Not because this sci-fi horror movie is scary, but because it is so stupid.
Frighteningly bad cinema is the only thing scary about Alone in the Dark, which gives video-game movies an even worse name, if that's possible.
There's a point in the movie where it's best to stop trying to make sense out of this unintelligible story... right after the opening credits.
Alone in the Dark doesn't even deserve the indignity of going straight-to-video
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