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9 out of 100

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1.5 out of 10

Overwhelming dislike- based on 167 Ratings

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  • Starring: Christian Slater, Stephen Dorff, Tara Reid
  • Summary: Based on the best-selling Atari videogame series, this film features Edward Carnby (Slater), a private investigator specializing in unexplainable supernatural phenomena. (Lions Gate Films)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 25
  3. Negative: 24 out of 25
  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    50
    Since the film is based on the Atari video game of the same name, it also has much to appeal to headbangers: fast pace, lots of gadgets, monsters, explosive special effects, plenty of inscrutable plot twists and turns.
  2. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Chuck Wilson
    30
    Director Uwe Boll (House of the Dead) pulls off a nicely staged fistfight in an open-air market at the start, but soon loses his way amid mind-glazing exposition and endless gunfire aimed at bulletproof giant lizards.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    30
    Too lazy to play your own d--- video game? Lucky for you there's horror director-for-hire Uwe Boll, who's making a career out of adapting successful Atari and Sega games into tedious popcorn fare that's the ultimate in cinematic passivity.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 102
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 102
  3. Negative: 90 out of 102
  1. PaulA>
    10
    A very nice mix of action, adventure and horror. A good sequel to the 4th game. Very good performance by Christian Slater.
    • 0 of 9 users said yes
  2. CameronS.
    4
    Wasnt a scary movie, story line was stupid, and the characters were inept.
    • 2 of 3 users said yes
  3. grandpajoe6191
    1
    Uwe Boll's infamous "Alone in the Dark" is a movie that will be known for centuries as 'one of the crappiest movies in cinema history'. From terrible performances and trash story (do you even call that a story?), it's a movie you will NEVER want to see again. Avoid at ALL COSTS!!!!… Expand
    • 7 of 7 users said yes

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