Alone in the Dark

Name: Alone in the Dark
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Released: January 28, 2005
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 9
Cast: Christian Slater, Stephen Dorff, Tara Reid

2005

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Lions Gate Films | Release Date: January 28, 2005 | R

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)

Director: Uwe Boll

Genre(s): Action, Fantasy, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 96 min

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Kevin 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

TV Guide Magazine Ken 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

Michael 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

Chris 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

Elias Savada

Tedious, derivative exercise, stolen from a dozen or so horror/action films. Read full review

Marc Savlov

It's just the most inept filmmaking you can catch in theatres right now, or probably all year long. Read full review

J.R. Jones

Brain-dead adaptation of a popular video game. Read full review

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PaulA>

Dec 28, 2006

A very nice mix of action, adventure and horror. A good sequel to the 4th game. Very good performance by Christian Slater.

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miachaelK

Sep 12, 2006

Okay, look if you went and paid to see this in theaters then u probably hated it... I, on the other hand, saw it for free on Showtime and unlike Uwe Boll's other movies this one actually was entertaining. Uwe Boll is a terrible director, and this is his only film that falls into the so Okay, look if you went and paid to see this in theaters then u probably hated it... I, on the other hand, saw it for free on Showtime and unlike Uwe Boll's other movies this one actually was entertaining. Uwe Boll is a terrible director, and this is his only film that falls into the so friggin bad its entertaining category.… Expand

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RobbieB.

Dec 4, 2008

Slater is a likeable actor, as he is in this. But overall the movie's bland and out of proportion. The girl (Tara Reid) is hot, but a BAD actor. And the plot, well there isn't one, the good acting only comes from Slater, he's one of my favorite actors and there's nothing Slater is a likeable actor, as he is in this. But overall the movie's bland and out of proportion. The girl (Tara Reid) is hot, but a BAD actor. And the plot, well there isn't one, the good acting only comes from Slater, he's one of my favorite actors and there's nothing to dislike about him in this. But everything else is just terrible! Terrible CG graphics and (ofcourse) let's not forger Uwe Boll, JUST GIVE UP! He can't make anything good!! However I liked the part where the army guy shouts "get more bodies down here now" I don't know why. Anyway this get 3/10 stars! But what do I know, I liked Doom!… Expand

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KenG.

Sep 10, 2006

I give this film a lot of credit. It really can't be easy making a horror movie that is this incoherent, but the filmmakers pulled it off, kudos.

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GilbertMulroneycakesversusCthulu

Dec 13, 2005

Please God make Uwe Boll stop. He's trying to buy the rights to Half-Life now. This may well predicate the biblical Apocalypse. Weep for the future, Carnby. Weep for us all.

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JohnGant

Jul 25, 2018

the look is not bad but the problem is the actors the storry and this movie.
conection to the game dosen´t exist or did i dont see them. its an uwe boll movie this say everything. but its not the weackest crap this man brought us.
(sorry for the bad englisch:-)

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DJohnson

Apr 13, 2012

Uwe Boll will always be remembered as one of the most horrific, stupid and pathetic directors of the decade, seriously, try this as an experiment, rent Alone in the Dark, then rent something like Meet the Spartans, or Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, watch Alone in the Dark first, and the othersUwe Boll will always be remembered as one of the most horrific, stupid and pathetic directors of the decade, seriously, try this as an experiment, rent Alone in the Dark, then rent something like Meet the Spartans, or Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, watch Alone in the Dark first, and the others will be much less painful to watch...… Expand

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