In Darkness

Name: In Darkness
Genre: Thriller
Released: May 25, 2018
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 59
Cast: Amber Anderson, Bern Collaco, Daniel Eghan, Ed Skrein, Emily Ratajkowski

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Vertical Entertainment | Release Date: May 25, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Amber Anderson, Bern Collaco, Daniel Eghan, Ed Skrein, Emily Ratajkowski, James Cosmo, Jan Bijvoet, Joely Richardson, Kim Adis, Lexi Benbow-Hart, Natalie Dormer, Neil Maskell, Olegar Fedoro

Summary: Blind pianist Sofia (Natalie Dormer) overhears a struggle in the apartment above hers that leads to the death of her neighbor Veronique (Emily Ratajkowski). It is the start of a journey that pulls Sofia out of her depth and brings her into contact with Veronique’s father, Milos Radic (Jan Bijvoet). A Serbian businessman accused of being aBlind pianist Sofia (Natalie Dormer) overhears a struggle in the apartment above hers that leads to the death of her neighbor Veronique (Emily Ratajkowski). It is the start of a journey that pulls Sofia out of her depth and brings her into contact with Veronique’s father, Milos Radic (Jan Bijvoet). A Serbian businessman accused of being a war criminal, Sofia is drawn into a dangerous world of corruption, investigating police, hitmen and the Russian mafia – a world with links to Sofia’s own hidden past and a path of revenge she has kept hidden until now.… Expand

Director: Anthony Byrne

Genre(s): Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 100 min

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Ken Jaworowski

May 24, 2018

In Darkness moves along so smartly that near the end, when the filmmakers entreat you to follow them just a bit more, you’ll likely oblige. And why not. They’ve already gotten you to invest quite a lot in this clever little thriller. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

May 21, 2018

Dormer locks our attention in, and makes us root for Sofia, whatever her motives might be. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Glenn Kenny

May 25, 2018

I did find myself wishing that all films this narratively misguided were so directorially sure-footed. Makes getting through them a lot less painful. Read full review

April Wolfe

May 24, 2018

The first third of the story then presents her like a typical Hitchcock ingenue before branching out into a promisingly ambitious mystery. Too bad that story ultimately loses focus and its protagonist’s point of view. Read full review

Frank Scheck

May 24, 2018

Before the film succumbs to those overindulgences, it's a reasonably taut, effective thriller that benefits greatly from Dormer's strong performance as the beleaguered heroine. Read full review

Noel Murray

May 24, 2018

The film is impressive as a star vehicle, if a bit rickety as an action picture. Read full review

Keith Watson

May 20, 2018

Anthony Bryne's high-flown style only serves to highlight the film's icky way of exploiting real-world tragedy for kicks. Read full review

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buterakatyy

May 25, 2018

in darkness is an excellent film, natalie dormer is amazing, she’s a great actress and writer

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ViniciusBrito

Jul 22, 2018

A blind woman that apparently have a normal life with a normal job, hear a possible murderer in her building, but she had second intensions and a dark past. The rest you will want to find out only while watching the movie. Directed by Anthony Byrne.
This is a very interesting movie, theA blind woman that apparently have a normal life with a normal job, hear a possible murderer in her building, but she had second intensions and a dark past. The rest you will want to find out only while watching the movie. Directed by Anthony Byrne.
This is a very interesting movie, the story is very nice, there is a lot of discoverying shile watching, one scene that doesn't seems to make a lot of sense but further on the movie they start explaining and telling the backstory and what some characters are looking foward to while things start making sense. The story also does have some plot twists in it, some you may see it coming or find some not really necessary, but personally i tought it was pretty cool. The movie have a narrative that stands in a lot of persons trying to reach the same nucleo for different reasons, except for the main character they don't explain exactly what is happening between the others, you can get to know but it isn't 100% exposed, that may be a problem but in this case it worked, i like when things aren't explicit and make you think in some possibilities. Somethings may had felt out of place, something didn't make sense, but overwall it worked very well, it is a very nice story and told in a very nice way. The movie starts better than is finalized, the first act and until half of the movie it is perfect, the story was being released very well and it was being a great joint to follow, at the 2nd half somethings start to become out of place, somethings without making sense and the rhythm also got a little problematic as well in this 2nd half, but for me it didn't destroyed the movie, just didn't make it as good as it could have been.
The cameras in this movie did a great job, considering that the character is blind the camera are always very close to her giving an aspect of blindness itself, while you hear things happening and the camera is focused on her head you can only know what is happening from what you hear, by the way the sound design in this movie was very good what was essential, wich in thesis, it is just like the character does. The colors of the movie are a bit down, it have a noir tone, it is really good. Natalie Dormer here had the challenge to interpretate a blind person, she doesn't convince all the time that she is one, wich i believe that this is kind of fixed during the movie, but still, go watch it, she convince in her voice tone. Ed Skrein character is kind of out of place, he does have an arc, but his reactions was so without expressions that his character was kind of the low point of the movie. Jan Bijvoet do a pretty good job, he totally convinces in being a bad guy, and the worst, i completely bought his cold heart, by the way that he speaks and looked to people, he worked a lot in this character.
The movie have a little bro spirit, saying that you end up becoming what you hate, isn't an original though, but during the context of the movie, this may have felt wrong or right, depends on you.
The cinematography in this movie is great, not just for the cameras that are very well positioned, but are some filmings in shadows and using the light very well. The soundtrack is good and make a tension in it that works.
This movie is good, the problem is that there are some non sense things in the story, somethings are implicit, wich is perfect, but there are some that just doesn't fit in, get confused is good, but when you are confused in something crucial to the story and can't find a good reason for that to have happened this is bad, the famous plot holes. But generally it worked well, a different movie and a nice thriller.… Expand

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JLuis_001

May 27, 2018

The cast doesn't allow the film to fall despite its multiple failures and as far as thrillers are concerned this is very simplistic but I dont think it's a failure in every way.

It performs well enough to entertain you but it will depend a lot on your own expectations and tastes.

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Ralfbergs

Dec 13, 2020

It was really an average movie with nothing exciting really happening in it. Dormer was really good in it I thought, but besides that it just felt boring even though it was meant to be a thriller. It isn't bad, but nothing impressive either

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tipar

Nov 28, 2018

If you are in the mood you can see the whole thing but you must do a medium effort and try to go ahead from minute 60. For a Thriller, too slow, for a Mystery, no incentives. It is just a mediocre satire... and you know it!!! 3'5 roundede up.

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qamaster

Jun 3, 2018

this film reminded me of an anecdote about Indian films: a dying father tells his son: I'll tell you one secret - I'm not your father, I'm your mother!

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