Alone in the Dark
Lions Gate Films | Release Date: January 28, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
9
METASCORE
Overwhelming dislike based on 25 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
1
Negative:
24
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50
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
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. Read full review
30
Dallas ObserverBill Gallo
Here is the horror-action genre at its silliest and most uninspired. Read full review
30
VarietyJustin Chang
Fans of the source material probably won't be switching platforms to catch this bizarre Lions Gate pickup, and non-fans definitely won't. Read full review
30
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
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. Read full review
30
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
A fairly faithful adaptation of what a game is like, but without the pleasure of getting to play or the much-needed option of pressing the "off" button. Read full review
30
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
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. Read full review
25
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
That this bit of pustulence is based on a video game of the same name is no surprise. It explains the thin plot, characters and abundant gunplay. Read full review
25
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
Slater narrates as if reading a restaurant menu. Reid seems to have learned each long sentence in segments, so she wouldn't be overtaxed. Read full review
25
Philadelphia InquirerDavid Hiltbrand
Even Boll seems to lose interest as the story unravels. By that time, the supernatural cliches, plot inconsistencies, dead ends and red herrings have piled up so high you can barely see the screen. Read full review
25
Seattle Post-IntelligencerBill White
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. Read full review
25
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
No better than whatever you might pick up while wearing a blindfold at Blockbuster, even if you happen to reach into a trash can. Read full review
12
Boston GlobeJanice Page
Think of the lamest horror movie you've ever seen. Now think of Tara Reid in the lamest horror movie you've ever seen. See how much worse it could have been? Read full review
12
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
Alone in the Dark will be the worst movie of 2005. The idea that anything could be worse is the only genuine scare the movie has to offer. Read full review
10
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
One of those rare instances of a movie being so bad ... it's still really bad. Read full review
10
Washington PostDesson Thomson
This is definitely for people who 1) love the video game, 2) think Slater and Dorff are eminently watchable, no matter what bad flick they're in and 3) are wearing industrial-strength ear plugs. Read full review
10
Film ThreatElias Savada
Tedious, derivative exercise, stolen from a dozen or so horror/action films. Read full review
10
Village VoiceBenjamin Strong
An embarrassingly unscary monster mash, is desperate to frighten its laughing audience any way it can. Read full review
0
The New York TimesStephen Holden
So inept on every level, you wonder why the distributor didn't release it straight to video, or better, toss it directly into the trash. Read full review
0
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Brain-dead adaptation of a popular video game. Read full review
0
New York PostRussell Scott Smith
Just Tara-ble. Read full review
0
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
So mind-blowingly horrible that it teeters on the edge of cinematic immortality. Read full review
0
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
Supremely idiotic. Read full review
0
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jennie Punter
Just as the book is usually better than the film, one suspects the video game is probably more entertaining and coherent than the movie. In the case of Alone in the Dark, this is a certainty. Read full review
0
Entertainment WeeklyScott Brown
Far be it from me to dismiss a man's effort (Uwe Boll) in a sentence, but the film on your teeth after a three-day drunk possesses more cinematic value. Read full review
0
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
It's just the most inept filmmaking you can catch in theatres right now, or probably all year long. Read full review
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