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Seeker: The Dark Is Rising, The
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MPAA RATING: PG for fantasy action and some scary images
Starring Christopher Eccleston, Ian McShane, Jonathan Jackson, Gregory Smith, Amelia Warner, Wendy Crewson, James Cosmo, and Alexander Ludwig
The Dark is Rising tells the story of Will Stanton, who learns on the eve of his 11th birthday that he is actually the last of the "Old Ones," a group of immortal warriors and guardians dedicated to fighting the forces of the Dark. The Dark is amidst its last great Rising to defeat the Light and take free will from the human race forever. Will, having been born with a great gift of power, is called upon a monumental heroic quest. (Walden Media)
| GENRE(S): | Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy |
| WRITTEN BY: |
Susan Cooper (novel)
John Hodge |
| DIRECTED BY: | David L. Cunningham |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: March 18, 2008 Theatrical: October 5, 2007 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 94 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | USA |
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The average user rating for this movie is 2.3 (out of 10) based on 34 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Giorgos D. gave it a0:
Sincerely it was the worst film i ever saw. Imagine yourself going to see the next episode of star wars not knowing that due to cuts it was shot with bad acting drunk puppets that forgot all the time the dialogs. If you want to catch a sleep in a nice warm theater here's the chance!
Zac M. gave it a1:
Wow, this movie was disappointing; I absolutely loved the books, but this almost made me cry. The only redeeming quality this had at all was that it took up a boring Sunday afternoon.
JD gave it a0:
This is not a Harry Potter wannabe. This is not a fantasy/adventure film. This is not fit for a straight to DVD release. This is not fit for TV viewing. This is simply not a movie.
Nina K gave it a0:
I wish it were possible to give a movie a negative rating. If you have ever read the books this movie is supposedly based on - strike that, if you have ever met anyone who's read the books this movie is supposedly based on, chew your arm off rather than go to see this movie. Will Stanton is American? His father is a physicist? Maggie Barnes is a girl at his school? No Walker? I would have been willing to forgive a great deal if they had only incorporated a fraction of the poetry from the books. No luck. Just a bunch of rooks, reminding us how we'd been rooked into seeing this movie.
Samuel C gave it a0:
Don't be misled by the title: the movie is nothing like the series of books. This seems like the first of what will be a long series of cheap Harry Potter knock offs. The entire plot of Susan Cooper's beloved children's books has changed entirely, including the addition and removal of many characters to make the film an absurd highlight reel of special effects without a soul, message, or any artistic merit. This to me seems like a tech demo. There are several cool special effects moments, and one or two scenes that are genuinely freaky or slightly disturbing. On the flipside, however, this may scare children. This movie isn't for the easily spooked child. The best part of this film was clearly the very beginning,, .before I realized the masochism inherent in watching the film.
Johannes H gave it a0:
Just awful. For a movie whose title is the seeker, it spends little to no time actually searching. The signs more or less dump themselves onto the main character at the most unrealistical and logic defying places and times ever. Alot of the scenes are directly incoherent and even a further amount woefully underbuilt. It would seem like the person in charge of cutting the movie didnt really bother to watch the movie trough in the end, which is understandable. I couldn't have been the only one who thought "huh" at the Mark-Will scene. This thing is basically an amateurish shallow fling with a non-amateurish budget, that's all too often wading in cliches that will make you cringe.
Bart C. gave it a1:
Haha three JC's in a row. Look at the bottom. The first three reviews. Coincidence they're all perfect high scores? Hahaha... I loved the books...as for the movies, well...don't the reviews say it all.
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