- Actors: Christian Slater, Tara Reid, Stephen Dorff
- Directors: Uwe Boll
- Format: NTSC, Widescreen
- Studio: Alliance (Universal)
- Release Date: May 10 2005
- Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000811686
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #53,458 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
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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
Description
Edward Carnby (Christian Slater) is a private investigator specializing in unexplainable supernatural phenomena. His cases delve into the dark corners of the world, searching for truth in the occult remnants of ancient civilizations. Now, the greatest mystery of his past is about to become the most dangerous case he has ever faced. With the help of his ex-flame, archeologist Aline Cedrac (Tara Reid), and his bitter rival, government agent Richard Burke, Edward Carnby is about to learn that just because you don't believe in something, that doesn't mean it can't kill you.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
good movie
May 26 2006
Format:DVD
I played one game in the entire series, can't remember anything about now to tell you the truth. When i saw this movie and watched it for the first I thought to myself this a good movie,with good action sequences and so on.The acting in the movie is good, but tara reid is not the greatest though.Overall I liked the story,characters and the action as well.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
big stars in a scarey movie...just doesn't work
Nov 2 2005
Format:DVD
This movie just doesn't "get it". You can't put stars and blatent advertising in a scarey movie, and expect that people feel scared ! come on directors / producers, let's go
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
one star is too much...
Aug 8 2005
Format:DVD
Uwe Boll, the director of this garbage, should be brought into the street and hurt.
He should have all his cameras taken away from him, as well as all the video game licences he has stored away.
He's the guy who made House of the Dead, by the way, and it looks like he keeps pumping out bad movies based on great games.
He should have all his cameras taken away from him, as well as all the video game licences he has stored away.
He's the guy who made House of the Dead, by the way, and it looks like he keeps pumping out bad movies based on great games.
The acting is horrible, especially Mrs. Tara Reid who can't really act very well, so she makes up for it by trying to be pretty all the time. And then there's Christian Slater's performance.
Then there's the plot holes, the dead-air, and the stuff that just doesn't make ANY sense.
The best (sarcasm) part is right at the beginning: a very long introduction of scrolling text (with naration) explaining everything. That's just lazy movie-making.
Don't buy this movie. Don't even put money towards renting it. It doesn't deserve any of it.
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Decent Movie
Yes it is a decent movie. I class it however, as more of a supernatural movie then scary, horror, nightmarish type of film. Read more
Published on Oct 12 2006 by A. Chaney
please, stay faithful to the game...
a lot of movies based on video games are made by super bad directors (started with Street Fighter). movie companies should hire an ambitious amateur director (like Peter Jackson... Read more
Published on Feb 23 2006 by H-F
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